# CVE-2024-10190: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in ElasticRendezvousHandler in horovod/horovod

- Also known as: GHSA-MRHH-3GGQ-23P2, PYSEC-2026-355
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-20 · Updated: 2025-10-15

## Affected

- horovod horovod/horovod: version range not reported
- horovod (PyPI): through 0.28.1

## Description

Horovod versions up to and including v0.28.1 are vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of base64-encoded data in the `ElasticRendezvousHandler`, a subclass of `KVStoreHandler`. Specifically, the `_put_value` method in `ElasticRendezvousHandler` calls `codec.loads_base64(value)`, which eventually invokes `cloudpickle.loads(decoded)`. This allows an attacker to send a malicious pickle object via a PUT request, leading to arbitrary code execution on the server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on horovod horovod/horovod, horovod, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

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