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GHSA-538C-55JV-C5G9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-01 21:10 – Updated: 2026-04-01 21:10

Summary

ONNX: Malicious ONNX models can crash servers by exploiting unprotected object settings.

Details

Summary

The ExternalDataInfo class in ONNX was using Python’s setattr() function to load metadata (like file paths or data lengths) directly from an ONNX model file. The problem? It didn’t check if the "keys" in the file were valid. Because it blindly trusted the file, an attacker could craft a malicious model that overwrites internal object properties.

Why its Dangerous

Instant Crash DoS: An attacker can set the length property to a massive number like 9 petabytes. When the system tries to load the model, it attempts to allocate all that RAM at once, causing the server to crash or freeze Out of Memory.

Access Bypass: By setting a negative offset -1, an attacker can trick the system into reading parts of a file it wasn't supposed to touch.

Object Corruption: Attackers can even inject "dunder" attributes like class to change the object's type entirely, which could lead to more complex exploits.

Fixed: https://github.com/onnx/onnx/pull/7751 object state corruption and DoS via ExternalDataInfo attribute injection

Severity ?

8.6 (High)


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

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  "details": "### Summary\nThe ExternalDataInfo class in ONNX was using Python\u2019s setattr() function to load metadata (like file paths or data lengths) directly from an ONNX model file. The problem? It didn\u2019t check if the \"keys\" in the file were valid. Because it blindly trusted the file, an attacker could craft a malicious model that overwrites internal object properties.\n\n### Why its Dangerous\n**Instant Crash DoS**: An attacker can set the length property to a massive number like 9 petabytes. When the system tries to load the model, it attempts to allocate all that RAM at once, causing the server to crash or freeze Out of Memory.\n\n**Access Bypass**: By setting a negative offset -1, an attacker can trick the system into reading parts of a file it wasn\u0027t supposed to touch.\n\n**Object Corruption**: Attackers can even inject \"dunder\" attributes like __class__ to change the object\u0027s type entirely, which could lead to more complex exploits.\n\n**Fixed**: https://github.com/onnx/onnx/pull/7751 object state corruption and DoS via ExternalDataInfo attribute injection",
  "id": "GHSA-538c-55jv-c5g9",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T21:10:52Z",
  "published": "2026-04-01T21:10:52Z",
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}

CVE-2026-34445 (GCVE-0-2026-34445)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-01 17:30 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:00

Title

ONNX: Malicious ONNX models can crash servers by exploiting unprotected object settings.

Summary

Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) is an open standard for machine learning interoperability. Prior to version 1.21.0, the ExternalDataInfo class in ONNX was using Python’s setattr() function to load metadata (like file paths or data lengths) directly from an ONNX model file. It didn’t check if the "keys" in the file were valid. Due to this, an attacker could craft a malicious model that overwrites internal object properties. This issue has been patched in version 1.21.0.

Severity ?

8.6 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-915 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/onnx/onnx/security/advisories/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/onnx/onnx/pull/7751	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/onnx/onnx/commit/e30c6935d67cc…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	onnx	onnx	Affected: < 1.21.0

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-538C-55JV-C5G9

Summary

Why its Dangerous

CVE-2026-34445 (GCVE-0-2026-34445)

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