# CVE-2025-12060: Keras keras.utils.get\_file Utility Path Traversal Vulnerability

- Also known as: GHSA-HJQC-JX6G-RWP9, PYSEC-2026-1486
- Severity: CVSS 8.9 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.12.0
- Published: 2025-10-30 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- util: from 3.0.0, through 3.11.3
- keras (PyPI): fixed in 3.12.0

## Description

The keras.utils.get_file API in Keras, when used with the extract=True option for tar archives, is vulnerable to a path traversal attack. The utility uses Python's tarfile.extractall function without the filter="data" feature. A remote attacker can craft a malicious tar archive containing special symlinks, which, when extracted, allows them to write arbitrary files to any location on the filesystem outside of the intended destination folder. This vulnerability is linked to the underlying Python tarfile weakness, identified as CVE-2025-4517. Note that upgrading Python to one of the versions that fix CVE-2025-4517 (e.g. Python 3.13.4) is not enough. One additionally needs to upgrade Keras to a version with the fix (Keras 3.12).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on util, keras, upgrade to a fixed version (3.12.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/keras-team/keras/pull/21760
- https://github.com/keras-team/keras/security/advisories/GHSA-hjqc-jx6g-rwp9

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