CriticalVulnerability

CVE-2025-32434: PyTorch remote command execution when loading models with torch.load

Source: NVD(opens in a new tab)
Identifier: CVE-2025-32434
Published: April 18, 2025
Record updated: October 9, 2026

Affected: torch < 2.6.0
Fixed in: 2.6.0
released January 29, 2025, 79 days before disclosure
Known exploitation: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog at the last check.
EPSS: 2.4%

Summary

CVE-2025-32434 affects PyTorch version 2.5.1 and prior. Loading a model with torch.load using weights_only=True allows Remote Command Execution (RCE), classified as CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data). GitHub, Inc. scored it CVSS 4.0 9.3 CRITICAL, with no NVD assessment yet.

Mitigation

This issue has been patched in version 2.6.0.

Details

Scores and exploitation

CVSS score: 9.8(critical)
Patch available: Yes
EPSS: 2.4%Estimated probability that this CVE is exploited in the next 30 days, from the FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System. Read on November 3, 2026.

Weaknesses and techniques

Weakness (CWE): CWE-502
Attack pattern (CAPEC): CAPEC-586
AI threat technique (MITRE ATLAS): AML.T0010

Affected

Packages: torch@< 2.6.0 (fixed: 2.6.0)

Classification

Attack type: Supply chain
Attack sophistication: Trivial
AI component targeted: Framework
Impact: Confidentiality,
Integrity,
Availability
Labels: security

How this record was produced

Summaries, mitigations and labels on this page are generated automatically from the source. The linked source is authoritative. The source gives this advisory a description and no title, so the title above is a headline generated from the source text.

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32434

First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:37 PM ET, from NVD/CVE Database

Classifier: claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v4

Classifier confidence: 95% (self-assessed)

Affected packages in the Exposure Registry

Matched by package name and ecosystem. Each entry shows whether the package delegates to a language model and how many tracked packages depend on it.

torchPyPINo LLM dependency detected · 200 tracked dependents

Summary

Mitigation

Affected packages in the Exposure Registry

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