CVE-2021-41203
Missing validation during checkpoint loading
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- GitHub_M
Description
TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions an attacker can trigger undefined behavior, integer overflows, segfaults and `CHECK`-fail crashes if they can change saved checkpoints from outside of TensorFlow. This is because the checkpoints loading infrastructure is missing validation for invalid file formats. The fixes will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick these commits on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 51 days later
· 51 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.19% · top 91% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.1
- affected >= 2.5.0, < 2.5.2
- affected < 2.4.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPItensorflowGHSA-7pxj-m4jf-r6h2 (opens in a new tab)
- PyPItensorflow-cpuGHSA-7pxj-m4jf-r6h2 (opens in a new tab)
- PyPItensorflow-gpuGHSA-7pxj-m4jf-r6h2 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-7pxj-m4jf-r6h2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/368af875869a204b4ac552b9ddda59f6a46a56ec (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/abcced051cb1bd8fb05046ac3b6023a7ebcc4578 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/b619c6f865715ca3b15ef1842b5b95edbaa710ad (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/e8dc63704c88007ee4713076605c90188d66f3d2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7pxj-m4jf-r6h2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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