5.5

CVE-2025-2953: linuxfoundation pytorch Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-3749-ghw9-m3mgBIT-pytorch-2025-2953PYSEC-2025-191
Published 30-03-2025Last modified 22-04-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-2953 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability in linuxfoundation pytorch. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 30-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PyTorch 2.6.0+cu124. Affected by this issue is the function torch.mkldnn_max_pool2d. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The security policy of the project warns to use unknown models which might establish malicious effects.

CVSS metrics

12 scores · 6 sources · 4 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Pytorch

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard39 products
  • libtorch-cuda-12.4< 2.7.1-r0
  • libtorch-cuda-12.4-dev< 2.7.1-r0
  • libtorch-cuda-12.6< 2.7.1-r0
  • libtorch-cuda-12.6-dev< 2.7.1-r0
  • py3-supported-torch-cuda-12.4< 2.7.1-r0
Debian1 product
  • pytorchAll versions (No fix recorded)
Linuxfoundation1 product
PyPI1 product
  • torch< 2.7.1-rc1 | ≤ 2.6.0+cu124
Ubuntu1 product
  • pytorchAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 43 products

References

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