CVE-2026-62239

MEDIUM

FlashAttention Symlink Attack via tarfile.extractall in hopper/setup.py

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

FlashAttention through 2.8.3.post1, fixed in commit 0816ef1, contains a symlink attack vulnerability in the download_and_copy() function within hopper/setup.py that extracts NVIDIA toolchain archives without validating symlinks or filtering tar members. A local attacker can pre-plant a symlink in the predictable cache directory to redirect extracted binaries to an attacker-chosen location, enabling arbitrary file write with victim privileges during build time.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.6
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (2)
Dao-AILab/flash-attention < 2.8.3.post1
Dao-AILab/flash-attention 0816ef12f424c6ec94b057a72c275b14f6e6edb2
Published Jul 13, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 14, 2026