# CVE-2023-25663: TensorFlow has Null Pointer Error in TensorArrayConcatV2

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3282, BIT-TENSORFLOW-2023-25663, GHSA-64JG-WJWW-7C5W, PYSEC-2026-1957, PYSEC-2026-3116
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.11.1
- Published: 2023-03-24 · Updated: 2025-02-19

## Affected

- tensorflow: fixed in 2.11.1
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.11.1
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.11.1
- tensorflow (PyPI): fixed in 2.11.1

## Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. Prior to versions 2.12.0 and 2.11.1, when `ctx->step_containter()` is a null ptr, the Lookup function will be executed with a null pointer. A fix is included in TensorFlow 2.12.0 and 2.11.1.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-64jg-wjww-7c5w
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/239139d2ae6a81ae9ba499ad78b56d9b2931538a

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