🛡️ CVE-2026-2492

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-427 NVD

7.8

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-2492 is classified as CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element. A writable directory appears in a search path, so a planted file can be loaded in place of the intended one.

Affected software

CVE-2026-2492 is recorded against 1 package.

unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 20 February 2026 and last revised on 15 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
www.zerodayinitiative.com
access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
security.access.redhat.com

CVE-2026-2492 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Debian Ubuntu

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 7.8

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE CWE-427

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source NVD

Published 2026-02-20

Updated 2026-08-11

Modified 2026-07-15

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
unknown	—	—

References

https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/46e7f7fb144fd11cf6d17c23dd47620328d77082

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-116/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10184

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2492

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2441510

https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-2492.json

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