Root code execution via unsafe checkpoint loading
Published Dec 23, 2025 · Updated Dec 23, 2025
Deserialization in create_pipeline in Tencent MimicMotion allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted checkpoint. The function passes the configured checkpoint path to torch.load without weights_only=True, allowing Python object reconstruction from attacker-controlled model data. Exploitation requires the target to open a malicious file or visit a malicious page, after which code runs as root.
Summary
What happened
Deserialization in create_pipeline in Tencent MimicMotion allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted checkpoint. The function passes the configured checkpoint path to torch.load without weights_only=True, allowing Python object reconstruction from attacker-controlled model data. Exploitation requires the target to open a malicious file or visit a malicious page, after which code runs as root.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-13716
- Published
- Dec 23, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Tencent
- Product
- MimicMotion
- Classifications
- CWE-502, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 23, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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