Code execution via unrestricted pickle loading
Published Sep 20, 2026 · Updated Sep 20, 2026
Unsafe deserialization in Stable Baselines3 2.0 through 2.9.0 allows attackers to execute code by loading a crafted model or state file. PPO.load decodes cloudpickle objects from checkpoint JSON, while load_replay_buffer and VecNormalize.load pass files to pickle.load without restricting globals. Exploitation requires an application or user to obtain an attacker-controlled artifact and invoke an affected load API; code then runs with that process's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Unsafe deserialization in Stable Baselines3 2.0 through 2.9.0 allows attackers to execute code by loading a crafted model or state file. PPO.load decodes cloudpickle objects from checkpoint JSON, while load_replay_buffer and VecNormalize.load pass files to pickle.load without restricting globals. Exploitation requires an application or user to obtain an attacker-controlled artifact and invoke an affected load API; code then runs with that process's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-94093
- Published
- Sep 20, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 20, 2026
- Vendor
- German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- Product
- Stable Baselines3
- Classifications
- T1204.002
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.0
- Affected versionversion=2.1
- Affected versionversion=2.2
- Affected versionversion=2.3
- Affected versionversion=2.4
- Affected versionversion=2.5
- Affected versionversion=2.6
- Affected versionversion=2.7
- Affected versionversion=2.8
- Affected versionversion=2.9.0
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