GHSA-cgwc-qvrx-rf7f: Remote code execution in pytorch lightning

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1. GitHub Advisory Database
2. GitHub Reviewed
3. CVE-2024-5452

Remote code execution in pytorch lightning

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 6, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 6, 2024

Package

pip lightning (pip)

Affected versions

<= 2.2.1

Description

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in the lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning library version 2.2.1 due to improper handling of deserialized user input and mismanagement of dunder attributes by the deepdiff library. The library uses deepdiff.Delta objects to modify application state based on frontend actions. However, it is possible to bypass the intended restrictions on modifying dunder attributes, allowing an attacker to construct a serialized delta that passes the deserializer whitelist and contains dunder attributes. When processed, this can be exploited to access other modules, classes, and instances, leading to arbitrary attribute write and total RCE on any self-hosted pytorch-lightning application in its default configuration, as the delta endpoint is enabled by default.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5452
• https://huntr.com/bounties/486add92-275e-4a7b-92f9-42d84bc759da

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database

Jun 6, 2024