CVE-2026-2492
CVE-2026-2492 — TensorFlow HDF5 Library Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
TensorFlow HDF5 Library Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of TensorFlow. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of plugins. The application loads plugins from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of a target user. Was ZDI-CAN-25480.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, zdi
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (2)
Products (3)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-427
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1574.007Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable
- T1574.009Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by Unquoted Path
- T1574.001Hijack Execution Flow: DLL search order hijacking
References
6 on the record
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-116/
x_research-advisory
- github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/46e7f7fb144fd11cf6d17c23dd47620328d77082
vendor-advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2492
vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2441510
issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-2492.json
x_sadp-csaf-vex
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10184
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
Elsewhere on this site
- tensorflowevery CVE for this vendor
- redhatevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-427other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.