Deserialization of Untrusted Data in keras-team/keras (keras-team keras-team/keras)

CVE-2026-12481
HIGH 8.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.72 % · percentile 54 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
@huntr_ai
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

A vulnerability in keras-team/keras version 3.14.0 allows for arbitrary code execution due to improper handling of deserialization in the `Lambda` layer. Specifically, the `_raise_for_lambda_deserialization()` function fails to enforce the safe-mode guard when `safe_mode` is set to `None`, which is the default value when `from_config()` is called outside of a `SafeModeScope` context. This logic error conflates `None` (unset/default-deny) with `False` (explicitly disabled), bypassing the guard and allowing attacker-controlled `marshal` bytecode to be deserialized. Affected call sites include `keras.layers.deserialize(config)`, `keras.models.clone_model(model)`, and any direct invocation of `Lambda.from_config(config)` without an enclosing `SafeModeScope(True)`. This vulnerability can be exploited to achieve arbitrary OS-level code execution in the context of the server or user process.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H@huntr_ai
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · security@huntr.dev (Secondary)

Advisories

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
keras-team · keras-team/kerasaffected unspecified ≤ latest

Sources

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