CVE-2026-26210
CRITICALKTransformers Unsafe Deserialization RCE via balance_serve
Title source: cnaDescription
KTransformers through 0.5.3 contains an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in the balance_serve backend mode where the scheduler RPC server binds a ZMQ ROUTER socket to all interfaces with no authentication and deserializes incoming messages using pickle.loads() without validation. Attackers can send a crafted pickle payload to the exposed ZMQ socket to execute arbitrary code on the server with the privileges of the ktransformers process.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit technical-description
exploit
https://chocapikk.com/posts/2026/ktransformers-pickle-rce/
Patch issue-tracking
patch
https://github.com/kvcache-ai/ktransformers/pull/1944
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ktransformers-unsafe-deserialization-rce-via-balance-serve
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0070
EPSS Percentile
48.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-502
Status
published
Products (1)
kvcache-ai/ktransformers
< 0.5.3 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Apr 23, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 24, 2026