Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting tensorflow/tensorflow package, versions [2.4.0,2.4.4)[2.5.0,2.5.2)[2.6.0,2.6.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TENSORFLOWTENSORFLOW-2333566
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Nov 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-41228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tensorflow/tensorflow to version 2.4.4, 2.5.2, 2.6.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. In affected versions TensorFlow's saved_model_cli tool is vulnerable to a code injection as it calls eval on user supplied strings. This can be used by attackers to run arbitrary code on the plaform where the CLI tool runs. However, given that the tool is always run manually, the impact of this is not severe. We have patched this by adding a safe flag which defaults to True and an explicit warning for users. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1