UBUNTU-CVE-2026-4538

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-4538
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-4538.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-4538
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-4538
Published
2026-03-22T05:16:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:26:09.880441110Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 1.9 (Low) CVSS_V4 - 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:P CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability was identified in PyTorch 2.10.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component pt2 Loading Handler. The manipulation leads to deserialization. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / pytorch

Package

Name
pytorch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pytorch?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.1-7
1.8.1-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtorch-test",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtorch1.8",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-torch",
            "binary_version": "1.8.1-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-4538.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / pytorch

Package

Name
pytorch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pytorch?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.6.0+dfsg-5build1
2.6.0+dfsg-7

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtorch-test",
            "binary_version": "2.6.0+dfsg-7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtorch2.6",
            "binary_version": "2.6.0+dfsg-7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-torch",
            "binary_version": "2.6.0+dfsg-7"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-4538.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / pytorch

Package

Name
pytorch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pytorch?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.6.0+dfsg-7
2.6.0+dfsg-9
2.9.1+dfsg-1~exp1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtorch-test",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg-1~exp1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtorch2.9",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg-1~exp1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-torch",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg-1~exp1ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-4538.json"