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CVE-2021-35958

critical

Description

TensorFlow through 2.5.0 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted archive when tf.keras.utils.get_file is used with extract=True. NOTE: the vendor's position is that tf.keras.utils.get_file is not intended for untrusted archives

References

https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/52

https://keras.io/api/

https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/b8cad4c631096a34461ff8a07840d5f4d123ce32/tensorflow/python/keras/utils/data_utils.py#L137

https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/b8cad4c631096a34461ff8a07840d5f4d123ce32/tensorflow/python/keras/README.md

https://docs.python.org/3/library/tarfile.html#tarfile.TarFile.extractall

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-06-30

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.09731