GHSA-26c4-7vv6-867jMediumCVSS 5.5
Keras: HDF5 virtual datasets can disclose local files
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Keras versions up to and including 3.13.2 are vulnerable to an arbitrary HDF5 file read due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-1669. The vulnerability resides in the H5IOStore._verify_dataset() and file_editor.py methods, which fail to check the dataset.is_virtual property of HDF5 datasets. This allows an attacker to craft a malicious .keras model archive or .h5 weights file containing a Virtual Dataset (VDS) that references external HDF5 files on the victim's filesystem. When the victim loads the model using keras.models.load_model() or keras.saving.load_model(), the external file is transparently read, leading to potential information disclosure. Fixed in versions 3.12.3 and 3.15.0.
🎯 Affected products2
- pip/keras:< 3.12.3
- pip/keras:>= 3.13.0, < 3.15.0
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12480
- https://github.com/keras-team/keras/commit/d5a88bdb137c0d3039b8f4bbbe8c7099925cc10c
- https://huntr.com/bounties/1875d257-5b03-4a69-ac70-e98653fa12c7
- https://github.com/keras-team/keras/commit/8f987f11bf7512f0df4774a8f1557bba07dc2b49
- https://github.com/keras-team/keras/releases/tag/v3.12.3
- https://github.com/keras-team/keras/releases/tag/v3.15.0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-26c4-7vv6-867j