A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PyTorch 2.6.0+cu124. Affected by this issue is the function torch.mkldnn_max_pool2d. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The security policy of the project warns to use unknown models which might establish malicious effects.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PyTorch 2.6.0+cu124. Affected by     this issue is the function torch.mkldnn_max_pool2d. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack     has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real     existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The security policy of the project warns     to use unknown models which might establish malicious effects. (CVE-2025-2953)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of pytorch installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-2953 advisory.

  - A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PyTorch 2.6.0+cu124. Affected by     this issue is the function torch.mkldnn_max_pool2d. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack     has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and May be used. The real     existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The security policy of the project warns     to use unknown models which might establish malicious effects. (CVE-2025-2953)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of pytorch installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-2953 advisory.

  - A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PyTorch 2.6.0+cu124. Affected by     this issue is the function torch.mkldnn_max_pool2d. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack     has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and May be used. The real     existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The security policy of the project warns     to use unknown models which might establish malicious effects. (CVE-2025-2953)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PyTorch 2.6.0+cu124. Affected by
    this issue is the function torch.mkldnn_max_pool2d. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack
    has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real
    existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The security policy of the project warns
    to use unknown models which might establish malicious effects. (CVE-2025-2953)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
257632	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-2953	Nessus	Misc.	medium
241887	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: pytorch (CVE-2025-2953)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	medium
241844	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: pytorch (CVE-2025-2953)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
427823	SCA: security update for torch (GHSA-3749-ghw9-m3mg)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
427823	SCA: security update for torch (GHSA-3749-ghw9-m3mg)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium

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