# CVE-2026-25874: LeRobot Unsafe Deserialization Remote Code Execution via gRPC

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-23 · Updated: 2026-07-14

## Affected

- Hugging Face LeRobot: through 0.5.1

## Description

LeRobot through 0.5.1 contains an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in the async inference pipeline where pickle.loads() is used to deserialize data received over unauthenticated gRPC channels without TLS in the policy server and robot client components. An unauthenticated network-reachable attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution on the server or client by sending a crafted pickle payload through the SendPolicyInstructions, SendObservations, or GetActions gRPC calls.

## What to do

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

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

## References

- https://chocapikk.com/posts/2026/lerobot-pickle-rce/
- https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/issues/3047
- https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3048
- https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/issues/3134
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/lerobot-unsafe-deserialization-remote-code-execution-via-grpc

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