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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9905

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9905 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.300000190734863 HIGH

The Keras Model.load_model method can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution, even with safe_mode=True. One can create a specially crafted .h5/.hdf5 model archive that, when loaded via Model.load_model, will trigger arbitrary code to be executed. This is achieved by crafting a special .h5 archive file that uses the Lambda layer feature of keras which allows arbitrary Python code in the form of pickled code. The vulnerability comes from the fact that the safe_mode=True option is not honored when reading .h5 archives. Note that the .h5/.hdf5 format is a legacy format supported by Keras 3 for backwards compatibility.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.300000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11keras2.3.1+dfsg2-1, 0, *

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Sep 19, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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