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GHSA-RXPQ-XGQX-FR7P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-22 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-29 22:08

Summary

InstructLab Includes Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Details

A flaw was found in InstructLab. The linux_train.py script hardcodes trust_remote_code=True when loading models from HuggingFace. This allows a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary Python code execution by convincing a user to run ilab train/download/generate with a specially crafted malicious model from the HuggingFace Hub. This vulnerability can lead to complete system compromise.

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-6859 (GCVE-0-2026-6859)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-22 13:04 – Updated: 2026-07-15 00:40

Title

Instructlab: instructlab: arbitrary code execution due to hardcoded `trust_remote_code=true`

Summary

A flaw was found in InstructLab. The `linux_train.py` script hardcodes `trust_remote_code=True` when loading models from HuggingFace. This allows a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary Python code execution by convincing a user to run `ilab train/download/generate` with a specially crafted malicious model from the HuggingFace Hub. This vulnerability can lead to complete system compromise.

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-04-23 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1030 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

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Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:3

Date Public

2026-04-15 00:00

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Martin Brodeur (independent security researcher) for reporting this issue.

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PYSEC-2026-2522

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-13 15:02 - Updated: 2026-07-13 16:04

Details

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

Impacted products

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instructlab	pkg:pypi/instructlab

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GHSA-RXPQ-XGQX-FR7P

CVE-2026-6859 (GCVE-0-2026-6859)

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