Security advisory

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  "id": "8ff8c326f0eebc5b1d2d7d6429ff4880e01949d7667a90cf1996a6f4d236fd25",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-48063",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-48063",
    "summary": "In PyTorch <=2.4.1, the RemoteModule has Deserialization RCE. NOTE: this is disputed by multiple parties because this is intended behavior in PyTorch distributed computing.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-48063",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-48063",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-pytorch-2024-48063",
        "CVE-2024-48063",
        "PYSEC-2024-259"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "ee1b6804381c57161c477caa380a840a84167676"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:pytorch:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.4.1"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          "versions": [
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            "v2.4.1-rc3",
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            "v2.4.1-rc1",
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            "v2.4.0-rc7",
            "v2.4.0-rc6",
            "v2.4.0-rc5",
            "v2.4.0-rc4",
            "v2.4.0-rc3",
            "v2.4.0-rc2",
            "v2.4.0-rc1",
            "forpull1",
            "ciflow/unstable/123",
            "bc2caa7fdf006894eff7af936babde69ab5a40f8-huydhn-debug",
            "ciflow/periodic/3e98831",
            "ciflow/slow/da3aba1e46157c4df504b067477cdf2b3c96b194-sdym",
            "ciflow/slow/0d5b74da0cab798fbfdb9caa53fad816999c8386-sdym",
            "ciflow/slow/8751002215790a3a88750faa8f4366933e296693-sdym",
            "ciflow/slow/a837609",
            "ciflow/slow/788ff06",
            "ciflow/slow/1faef89",
            "ciflow/slow/187eb7c",
            "ciflow/slow/01c7106",
            "ciflow/slow/3920ec1",
            "ciflow/slow/0577043",
            "ciflow/slow/a206e8b",
            "ciflow/slow/59a3759",
            "ciflow/slow/1732077",
            "ciflow/slow/9d85864",
            "ciflow/slow/0e81104",
            "ciflow/slow/3b7c6b2",
            "ciflow/slow/70ef0bb",
            "ciflow/slow/af841f3",
            "ciflow/slow/9ffad5b",
            "ciflow/periodic/94512-point",
            "ciflow/inductor/3d4b92b",
            "ciflow/inductor/3b9a386",
            "ciflow/inductor/d224ac7",
            "ciflow/periodic/csl/test87519",
            "ciflow/periodic/csltest88761",
            "ciflow/periodic/csltest88275",
            "ciflow/periodic/317eeb8",
            "ciflow/periodic/2a6d37d",
            "ciflow/periodic/3c32",
            "ciflow/periodic/054a2fd",
            "ciflow/periodic/sha-ec5b83",
            "malfet/tag-2ef5611",
            "malfet/tag-317b1a0",
            "malfet/tag-ec6f767",
            "nightly-binary",
            "v1.8.0-rc1",
            "v1.4.0a0",
            "v1.3.0a0",
            "v1.2.0a0",
            "v1.1.0a0",
            "v1.0rc1",
            "v1.0rc0",
            "v1.0.0a0",
            "v0.1.11",
            "v0.1.10",
            "v0.1.9",
            "v0.1.8",
            "v0.1.7",
            "v0.1.6",
            "v0.1.5",
            "v0.1.4",
            "v0.1.3",
            "v0.1.2",
            "v0.1.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-48063.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:43.304787798Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gist.github.com/hexian2001/c046c066895a963ecc0a2cf9e1180065",
        "https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/security/policy#using-distributed-features",
        "https://rumbling-slice-eb0.notion.site/Distributed-RPC-Framework-RemoteModule-has-Deserialization-RCE-in-pytorch-pytorch-111e3cda9e8c8021a7d3cbc61ee1a20c",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/48xxx/CVE-2024-48063.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48063",
        "https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/129228"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "isDisputed": true,
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/48xxx/CVE-2024-48063.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-48063",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 510753,
  "published_at": "2024-10-29T00:00:00+00:00"
}