Modular Max Serve has Unsafe Deserialization vulnerability

Description

Unsafe Deserialization vulnerability in Modular Max Serve before 25.6, specifically when the "--experimental-enable-kvcache-agent" feature is used allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
critical
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Published (advisory)
2025-11-18 21:32:31 UTC
Updated
2025-11-18 22:08:40 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-11-18 22:08:39 UTC
NVD published
2025-11-18

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.05% 14.98%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
9.3 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:H)
High confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:H)
High integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:H)
High availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
pip modular < 25.6.0 25.6.0

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence