Path Traversal in keras-team/keras (keras-team keras-team/keras)

CVE-2026-11816
HIGH 8.1

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.56 % · percentile 47 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
@huntr_ai
NVD status
Modified

Description

Keras versions prior to 3.14.0 are vulnerable to a path traversal issue in the archive extraction utilities located in `keras/src/utils/file_utils.py`. The functions `filter_safe_tarinfos()` and `filter_safe_zipinfos()` validate archive member paths against the process current working directory (CWD) instead of the actual extraction destination. When the process runs with CWD set to `/`, which is common in Docker containers, CI/CD runners, and Jupyter environments, the validation boundary becomes the filesystem root, allowing traversal paths to bypass the security check. Additionally, the zip filter contains a bug that causes an `AttributeError` when a blocked entry is encountered, leading to incomplete extraction. Furthermore, Python 3.11 installations lack the `filter="data"` safety net, leaving them entirely reliant on the flawed CWD-based filter. Exploitation of this vulnerability can result in arbitrary file writes outside the intended extraction directory, enabling attackers to overwrite configuration files, inject malicious code, or corrupt machine learning datasets and pipelines.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N@huntr_ai
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nredhat-SADP
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NNVD · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c (Secondary)
CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NNVD · security@huntr.dev (Secondary)

Advisories

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
keras-team · keras-team/kerasaffected unspecified < 3.14.0

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD