CVE-2026-2492

TensorFlow HDF5 Library Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.0 High
Published: Feb 20, 2026
Updated: Jul 15, 2026
Reserved: Feb 13, 2026

Description

TensorFlow HDF5 Library Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of TensorFlow. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of plugins. The application loads plugins from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of a target user. Was ZDI-CAN-25480.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.0	7.0 High	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	zdi
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	redhat-SADP

Weaknesses

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Affected Products

Product	Versions
TensorFlowTensorFlow	2.17.0Affected

References

ZDI-26-116
vendor-provided URLvendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2492vdb-entry
RHBZ#2441510issue-tracking
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-2492.json
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10184vendor-advisory

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