CVE-2026-31253

The flash-attention training framework thru commit e724e2588cbe754beb97cf7c011b5e7e34119e62 (2025-13-04) contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability (CWE-502) in its checkpoint loading mechanism. The load_checkpoint() function in checkpoint.py and the checkpoint loading code in eval.py use torch.load() without enabling the security-restrictive weights_only=True parameter. This allows the deserialization of arbitrary Python objects via the pickle module. An attacker can exploit this by providing a maliciously crafted checkpoint file. When a victim loads this checkpoint during model warmstarting or evaluation, arbitrary code is executed on the victim's system.

• CWE-94
• CWE-502

• https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention
• https://www.notion.so/CVE-2026-31253-35d1e1393188813f9e77e2038104bc49

Published

May 11, 2026

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Deferred

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