CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-49114

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2026-08-21 Modified 2026-10-15 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-08-21
Last modified
2026-10-15
Assigner
9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
CVSS 4.0 (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725)
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725)
7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-22, CWE-367, CWE-59

Description

In ONNX before 1.21.0, the 'save_external_data' function builds the external-data file path from the model's external_data location field and opens it for writing without 'O_NOFOLLOW/O_EXCL', after a non-atomic 'os.path.isfile()' check. A local attacker with write access to the directory where a victim serializes external data can deterministically pre-plant a symlink that is being followed, causing the victim's write to append to any file the victim can write, e.g. ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, cron files, or application configs. Fixed in 1.21.0.

Affected configurations

• linuxfoundation onnx (< 1.21.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (3)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
  • CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References