GHSA-xj56-p8mm-qmxj · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — LLaMA-Factory allows Code Injection through improper vhead_file safeguards
LLaMA-Factory is a tuning library for large language models. A remote code execution vulnerability was discovered in LLaMA-Factory versions up to and including 0.9.3 during the LLaMA-Factory training process. This vulnerability arises because the `vhead_file` is loaded without proper safeguards, allowing malicious attackers to execute arbitrary malicious code on the host system simply by passing a malicious `Checkpoint path` parameter through the `WebUI` interface. The attack is stealthy, as the victim remains unaware of the exploitation. The root cause is that the `vhead_file` argument is loaded without the secure parameter `weights_only=True`. Version 0.9.4 contains a fix for the issue.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-53002 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.22%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.60% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-22 | 1.62% | 4.22% | +2.60% |
| 2 | 2026-03-12 | 1.33% | 1.62% | +0.29% |
| 3 | 2026-03-01 | — | 1.33% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 5.5 | [email protected] |
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-xj56-p8mm-qmxj · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — LLaMA-Factory allows Code Injection through improper vhead_file safeguards
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| hiyouga | llama-factory | < 0.9.4 | cpe:2.3:a:hiyouga:llama-factory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |