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🛡️ CVE-2026-12480 — keras

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-73 NVD
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Description

Keras: HDF5 virtual datasets can disclose local files

Keras versions up to and including 3.13.2 are vulnerable to an arbitrary HDF5 file read due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-1669. The vulnerability resides in the H5IOStore._verify_dataset() and file_editor.py methods, which fail to check the dataset.is_virtual property of HDF5 datasets. This allows an attacker to craft a malicious .keras model archive or .h5 weights file containing a Virtual Dataset (VDS) that references external HDF5 files on the victim's filesystem. When the victim loads the model using keras.models.load_model() or keras.saving.load_model(), the external file is transparently read, leading to potential information disclosure. Fixed in versions 3.12.3 and 3.15.0.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-12480 is classified as CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path. A caller can influence which file the application opens or writes, extending an operation to files that were never meant to be reachable.

Affected software

CVE-2026-12480 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • keras (from 3.13.0 up to 3.15.0)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 10 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
huntr.com (Web)
pypi.org (Package)
github.com (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

keras has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path) in other software:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-73
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-08-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
keras 3.13.0 3.15.0
unknown

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