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GHSA-57G9-XG4G-RMPP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-05 12:31 – Updated: 2026-09-12 00:31

Details

Axolotl through 0.18.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the multipack patch path where trust_remote_code defaults to None instead of False, causing the security guard to be bypassed. Attackers can execute arbitrary Python code by crafting a malicious Hugging Face model repository selected as base_model, which is loaded with hardcoded trust_remote_code=True during AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained.

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/releases/tag/v0.19.0"
    },
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CVE-2026-86169 (GCVE-0-2026-86169)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-05 11:01 – Updated: 2026-09-24 14:21

Title

Axolotl before 0.19.0 Remote Code Execution via Multipack Patching

Summary

Axolotl before 0.19.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the multipack patch path where trust_remote_code defaults to None instead of False, causing the security guard to be bypassed. Attackers can execute arbitrary Python code by crafting a malicious Hugging Face model repository selected as base_model, which is loaded with hardcoded trust_remote_code=True during AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained.

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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 2026-09-08 18:13 UTC

CWE

CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root Scorecard

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/pull/3858	patchissue-tracking
https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/commi…	patch
https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/…	technical-description
https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/…	technical-description
https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/relea…	release-notes
https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/axolotl-thro…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
axolotl-ai-cloud	axolotl	Affected: 0 , < 0.19.0 (semver) Unaffected: 0.19.0 (semver)

Date Public

2026-07-24 00:00

Credits

Gregory Tan (Grg0rry)

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