CVE-2026-12570Public exploitHinoki check available

Process termination via unchecked HDF5 dataset shape

Published Aug 10, 2026 · Updated Aug 10, 2026

Resource exhaustion in Keras 3.15.0 and earlier allows attackers to terminate model-loading processes via malicious .keras files. H5IOStore.getitem materializes an HDF5 dataset from its declared shape without comparing its in-memory size with stored bytes, permitting a tiny compressed or fill-only dataset to demand petabytes of memory. Exploitation requires a pipeline or user to load an untrusted model, and the resulting out-of-memory condition kills the loading process without reported data disclosure or modification.

CVSS severity5.0
Medium
EPSS probability0.13%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in Keras 3.15.0 and earlier allows attackers to terminate model-loading processes via malicious .keras files. H5IOStore.getitem materializes an HDF5 dataset from its declared shape without comparing its in-memory size with stored bytes, permitting a tiny compressed or fill-only dataset to demand petabytes of memory. Exploitation requires a pipeline or user to load an untrusted model, and the resulting out-of-memory condition kills the loading process without reported data disclosure or modification.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-12570
Published
Aug 10, 2026
Updated
Aug 10, 2026
Vendor
Keras
Product
Keras
Classifications
CWE-770, T1499.004
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <3.12.3, 3.15.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Keras · Kerasversion=unspecified <3.12.3, 3.15.0

Published CVSS scores

5.0Red HatCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5CVE ProgramCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

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