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GHSA-q85f-69q7-55h2

GitHub Security Advisory

Uninitialized variable access in Tensorflow

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
The [implementation of `AssignOp`](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/a1320ec1eac186da1d03f033109191f715b2b130/tensorflow/core/kernels/assign_op.h#L30-L143) can result in copying unitialized data to a new tensor. This later results in undefined behavior.

The implementation has a check that the left hand side of the assignment is initialized (to minimize number of allocations), but does not check that the right hand side is also initialized.

### Patches
We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [ef1d027be116f25e25bb94a60da491c2cf55bd0b](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/ef1d027be116f25e25bb94a60da491c2cf55bd0b).

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.8.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.7.1, TensorFlow 2.6.3, and TensorFlow 2.5.3, 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.

Affected Packages

PyPI tensorflow
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.5.3)
PyPI tensorflow
Affected versions: 2.6.0 (fixed in 2.6.3)
PyPI tensorflow
Affected versions: 2.7.0 (fixed in 2.7.1)
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.5.3)
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
Affected versions: 2.6.0 (fixed in 2.6.3)
PyPI tensorflow-cpu
Affected versions: 2.7.0 (fixed in 2.7.1)
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.5.3)
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
Affected versions: 2.6.0 (fixed in 2.6.3)
PyPI tensorflow-gpu
Affected versions: 2.7.0 (fixed in 2.7.1)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-q85f-69q7-55h2
Published
February 9, 2022 11:26 PM
Last Modified
November 13, 2024 10:47 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
PyPI
Primary Package
tensorflow
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 13, 2025 6:30 AM

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