Medium

A vulnerability was found in PyTorch 2.6.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function torch.nn.utils.rnn.pad_packed_sequence. The manipulation leads to memory co

  • Disclosed: 31.03.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:20

A vulnerability was found in PyTorch 2.6.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function torch.nn.utils.rnn.pad_packed_sequence. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) torch <= 2.6.0-NA no fix

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-119
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
torch
Disclosed
31.03.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 12:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-f4hp-rmr7-r7v8 - CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2025-192 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: torch

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (31) in the archive
Total entries
31
First → latest
11.2022 03.2026
Without a fix
9
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 3
  • High 10
  • Medium 11
  • Low 5
  • Unrated 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 1
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 4
  4. 2025: 24
  5. 2026: 2
Severity:
  1. A vulnerability was found in PyTorch 2.6.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function torch.nn.utils.rnn.pad_packed_sequence. The manipulation leads to memory co this entry
    Medium CVE-2025-2998 <= 2.6.0-NA no fix

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