Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affecting keras package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.72% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-KERAS-17816673
  • published4 Jul 2026
  • disclosed3 Jul 2026

Introduced: 3 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-12481  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-502  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 keras.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream keras package and not the keras package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability in keras-team/keras version 3.14.0 allows for arbitrary code execution due to improper handling of deserialization in the Lambda layer. Specifically, the _raise_for_lambda_deserialization() function fails to enforce the safe-mode guard when safe_mode is set to None, which is the default value when from_config() is called outside of a SafeModeScope context. This logic error conflates None (unset/default-deny) with False (explicitly disabled), bypassing the guard and allowing attacker-controlled marshal bytecode to be deserialized. Affected call sites include keras.layers.deserialize(config), keras.models.clone_model(model), and any direct invocation of Lambda.from_config(config) without an enclosing SafeModeScope(True). This vulnerability can be exploited to achieve arbitrary OS-level code execution in the context of the server or user process.