CVE-2021-35958
CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: June 30, 2021 at 12:12 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:58 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTensorflow
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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
TensorFlow through 2.5.0 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted archive when tf.keras.utils.get_file is used with extract=True. NOTE: the vendor's position is that tf.keras.utils.get_file is not intended for untrusted archives
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.5.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.python.org/3/library/tarfile.html#tarfile.TarFile.extractallx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/b8cad4c631096a34461ff8a07840d5f4d123ce32/tensorflow/python/keras/README.mdx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/b8cad4c631096a34461ff8a07840d5f4d123ce32/tensorflow/python/keras/utils/data_utils.py#L137CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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