An issue was discovered in PyTorch v2.5 and v2.7.1. Omission of profiler.stop() can cause torch.profiler.profile (PythonTracer) to crash or hang during finalization, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-63396 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 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 | 2025-11-13 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 3.1 | LOW |
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1.8 | 1.4 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-63396 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pytorch), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-63396 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-63396 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-63396 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pytorch), 5 status rows across 5 suites (jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream): needs-triage 3, DNE 1, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-63396 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linuxfoundation | pytorch | 2.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:pytorch:2.5.0:-:*:*:*:python:*:* |
| linuxfoundation | pytorch | 2.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:pytorch:2.7.1:-:*:*:*:python:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://pytorch.com | Product |
| https://github.com/Daisy2ang | Not Applicable |
| https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch | Product |
| https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/156563 | Exploit Issue Tracking |