CVE-2025-24357: vllm: Malicious model to RCE by torch.load in hf_model_weights_iterator
(updated )
The vllm/model_executor/weight_utils.py implements hf_model_weights_iterator to load the model checkpoint, which is downloaded from huggingface. It use torch.load function and weights_only parameter is default value False. There is a security warning on https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.load.html, when torch.load load a malicious pickle data it will execute arbitrary code during unpickling.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-rh4j-5rhw-hr54
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vllm/PYSEC-2025-58.yaml
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/d3d6bb13fb62da3234addf6574922a4ec0513d04
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/12366
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.7.0
- github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-rh4j-5rhw-hr54
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24357
- pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.load.html
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