{"id":"CVE-2026-62997","aliases":["EUVD-2026-81264","GHSA-f9q4-h45w-jrrq"],"status":"published","title":"Kedro-Datasets: Remote code execution in experimental `PyTorchDataset` via unsafe `torch.load`","description":"Kedro-Datasets provides data connectors for Kedro. From version 5.0.0 until 9.5.0, kedro_datasets_experimental.pytorch.PyTorchDataset in kedro-datasets loads .pt model files with torch.load without enforcing weights_only=True, and user-supplied load_args are silently dropped. On PyTorch versions earlier than 2.6, a malicious pickle-backed model from an attacker-influenced shared registry, downloaded checkpoint, or partitioned external source can execute arbitrary code when a Kedro pipeline loads it. The issue affects only the opt-in kedro_datasets_experimental component and does not affect users who load only trusted files. This issue is fixed in version 9.5.0.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00686,"percentile":0.52948,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-502"],"published":"2026-09-16T20:48:44Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:24Z","products":[{"vendor":"kedro-org","product":"kedro-plugins"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro-plugins/security/advisories/GHSA-f9q4-h45w-jrrq","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro-plugins/issues/1431","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro-plugins/pull/1433","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro-plugins/commit/4d6deb7a7ecba483d33fd43e2a6c063bcf22f413","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro-plugins/releases/tag/kedro-datasets-9.5.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/62xxx/CVE-2026-62997.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62997","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-62997","title":"Kedro-Datasets: Remote code execution in experimental `PyTorchDataset` via unsafe `torch.load`","description":"Kedro-Datasets provides data connectors for Kedro. From version 5.0.0 until 9.5.0, kedro_datasets_experimental.pytorch.PyTorchDataset in kedro-datasets loads .pt model files with torch.load without enforcing weights_only=True, and user-supplied load_args are silently dropped. On PyTorch versions earlier than 2.6, a malicious pickle-backed model from an attacker-influenced shared registry, downloaded checkpoint, or partitioned external source can execute arbitrary code when a Kedro pipeline loads it. The issue affects only the opt-in kedro_datasets_experimental component and does not affect users who load only trusted files. 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The issue affects only the opt-in kedro_datasets_experimental component and does not affect users who load only trusted files. This issue is fixed in version 9.5.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-16T20:48:44Z","modified":"2026-09-17T14:55:22Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T17:28:12.076337Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-62997","description":"Kedro-Datasets provides data connectors for Kedro. From version 5.0.0 until 9.5.0, kedro_datasets_experimental.pytorch.PyTorchDataset in kedro-datasets loads .pt model files with torch.load without enforcing weights_only=True, and user-supplied load_args are silently dropped. On PyTorch versions earlier than 2.6, a malicious pickle-backed model from an attacker-influenced shared registry, downloaded checkpoint, or partitioned external source can execute arbitrary code when a Kedro pipeline loads it. 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