# CVE-2026-109153: MosaicML Composer Checkpoint Extraction checkpoint.py tarball.extractall path traversal

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-13 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- MosaicML Composer: 0.32.0, 0.32.1

## Description

A vulnerability was detected in MosaicML Composer up to 0.32.1. This affects the function tarball.extractall of the file composer/utils/checkpoint.py of the component Checkpoint Extraction. The manipulation results in path traversal. The attack can be executed remotely. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

## What to do

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

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/416887
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/416887/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-109153
- https://vuldb.com/submit/978647
- https://github.com/mosaicml/composer/issues/3942
- https://github.com/mosaicml/composer/

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