CVE-2025-32434 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting PyTorch versions 2.5.1 and prior. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands when a malicious model is loaded using torch.load with weights_only=True. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:pytorch:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Third-Party Package Updates in Python for Scientific Computing - June 2025
Jun 12, 2025PyTorch: `torch.load` with `weights_only=True` leads to remote code execution
Apr 18, 2025PyTorch: `torch.load` with `weights_only=True` leads to remote code execution
Apr 8, 2025