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CVE-2025-2998

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-2998 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in PyTorch 2.6.0, specifically within the torch.nn.utils.rnn.pad_packed_sequence function. This vulnerability requires local access to exploit. While rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), it can lead to memory corruption. Although the exploit has been publicly disclosed, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there readily available exploits in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:pytorch:2.6.0:-:*:*:*:python:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

4.8MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
LOW
VS Integrity
LOW
VS Availability
LOW
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
8.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-f4hp-rmr7-r7v8medium

PyTorch is Vulnerable to Memory Consumption through pad_packed_sequence Function

Mar 31, 2025
microsoft2025-Mar/CVE-2025-2998Moderate

PyTorch torch.nn.utils.rnn.pad_packed_sequence memory corruption

Mar 11, 2025

References

github.com / pytorch/pytorch/issues/149622
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
github.com / pytorch/pytorch/issues/149622
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
vuldb.com
Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
vuldb.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vuldb.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry