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GHSA-j8c8-67vp-6mx7

GitHub Security Advisory

Arbitrary memory read in `ImmutableConst`

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
The `ImmutableConst` operation in TensorFlow can be tricked into reading arbitrary memory contents:

```python
import tensorflow as tf

with open('/tmp/test','wb') as f:
f.write(b'\xe2'*128)
data = tf.raw_ops.ImmutableConst(dtype=tf.string,shape=3,memory_region_name='/tmp/test')

print(data)
```

This is because the `tstring` TensorFlow string class has a special case for memory mapped strings but the operation itself does not offer any support for this datatype.

### Patches
We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [3712a2d3455e6ccb924daa5724a3652a86f6b585](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/3712a2d3455e6ccb924daa5724a3652a86f6b585) and GitHub commit [1cb6bb6c2a6019417c9adaf9e6843ba75ee2580b](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/1cb6bb6c2a6019417c9adaf9e6843ba75ee2580b).

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

### For more information
Please consult [our security guide](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/SECURITY.md) for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.

### Attribution
This vulnerability has been reported by members of the Aivul Team from Qihoo 360.

Affected Packages

PyPI tensorflow
Affected versions: 2.6.0 (fixed in 2.6.1)
PyPI tensorflow
Affected versions: 2.5.0 (fixed in 2.5.2)
PyPI tensorflow
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.4.4)
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
Affected versions: 2.6.0 (fixed in 2.6.1)
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
Affected versions: 2.5.0 (fixed in 2.5.2)
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.4.4)
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
Affected versions: 2.6.0 (fixed in 2.6.1)
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
Affected versions: 2.5.0 (fixed in 2.5.2)
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.4.4)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-j8c8-67vp-6mx7
Published
November 10, 2021 6:34 PM
Last Modified
November 13, 2024 10:06 PM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
PyPI
Primary Package
tensorflow
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 13, 2025 6:30 AM

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