# CVE-2023-33976: TensorFlow segfault in array\_ops.upper\_bound

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1962, BIT-TENSORFLOW-2023-33976, GHSA-GJH7-XX4R-X345, PYSEC-2026-3190, PYSEC-2026-3331
- 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=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.13.0, 2.12.1
- Published: 2024-07-30 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- tensorflow: fixed in 2.13.0
- tensorflow-gpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.12.1
- tensorflow (PyPI): fixed in 2.12.1
- tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): fixed in 2.12.1

## Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. `array_ops.upper_bound` causes a segfault when not given a rank 2 tensor. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.13 and will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.12.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tensorflow, tensorflow-gpu, tensorflow-cpu, upgrade to a fixed version (2.13.0, 2.12.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-gjh7-xx4r-x345
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/6fa05df43b00038b048f4f0e51ef522da6532fec
- https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/915884fdf5df34aaedd00fc6ace33a2cfdefa586

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