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CVE-2025-50461

A deserialization vulnerability exists in Volcengine's verl 3.0.0, specifically in the scripts/model_merger.py script when using the "fsdp"

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1 proof of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

A deserialization vulnerability exists in Volcengine's verl 3.0.0, specifically in the scripts/model_merger.py script when using the "fsdp" backend. The script calls torch.load() with weights_only=False on user-supplied .pt files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code if a maliciously crafted model file is loaded. An attacker can exploit this by convincing a victim to download and place a malicious model file in a local directory with a specific filename pattern. This vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running the script.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 5

pytorch.org

GitHub · volcengine/verl

GitHub · pytorch/pytorch

GitHub · Anchor0221/CVE-2025-50461