CVE-2021-37678

CRITICAL

Google Tensorflow < 2.3.4 - Insecure Deserialization

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Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions TensorFlow and Keras can be tricked to perform arbitrary code execution when deserializing a Keras model from YAML format. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/460e000de3a83278fb00b61a16d161b1964f15f4/tensorflow/python/keras/saving/model_config.py#L66-L104) uses `yaml.unsafe_load` which can perform arbitrary code execution on the input. Given that YAML format support requires a significant amount of work, we have removed it for now. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 23d6383eb6c14084a8fc3bdf164043b974818012. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 2 stars
by fran-CICS · poc
https://github.com/fran-CICS/ExploitTensorflowCVE-2021-37678

Scores

CVSS v3 9.3
EPSS 0.0102
EPSS Percentile 77.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-502
Status published

Affected Products (8)

google/tensorflow < 2.3.4
google/tensorflow
google/tensorflow
google/tensorflow
google/tensorflow
pypi/tensorflow < 2.3.4PyPI
pypi/tensorflow-cpu < 2.3.4PyPI
pypi/tensorflow-gpu < 2.3.4PyPI

Timeline

Published Aug 12, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026