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CVE-2025-9905

Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.3)—

The Keras Model.load_model method can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution, even with safe_mode=True.

One can create a specially crafted .h5/.hdf5 model archive that, when loaded via Model.load_model, will trigger arbitrary code to be executed.

This is achieved by crafting a special .h5 archive file that uses the Lambda layer feature of keras which allows arbitrary Python code in the form of pickled code. The vulnerability comes from the fact that the safe_mode=True option is not honored when reading .h5 archives.

Note that the .h5/.hdf5 format is a legacy format supported by Keras 3 for backwards compatibility.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Vector CVSS con AV:L y UI:P indica explotación en cliente (abrir archivo .h5 preparado). Permite ejecución arbitraria de código Python mediante Lambda layers incluso con safe_mode=True. Acceso a datos del modelo posible.

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Affected technologies (1)

Keras — Keras

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