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GHSA-rcxc-3w2m-mp8h

GitHub Security Advisory

Unsafe deserialisation in the PKI implementation scheme of NVFlare

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
NVFLARE contains a vulnerability in its PKI implementation module, where The CA credentials are transported via pickle and no safe deserialization. The deserialization of Untrusted Data may allow an unprivileged network attacker to cause Remote Code Execution, Denial Of Service, and Impact to both Confidentiality and Integrity.
All versions before 2.1.2 are affected.

CVSS Score = 9.8
[AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnvd.nist.gov%2Fvuln-metrics%2Fcvss%2Fv3-calculator%3Fvector%3DAV%3AN%2FAC%3AL%2FPR%3AN%2FUI%3AN%2FS%3AU%2FC%3AH%2FI%3AH%2FA%3AH&data=05%7C01%7Cchesterc%40nvidia.com%7Ce9600bde16854b0b380008da4fc544f7%7C43083d15727340c1b7db39efd9ccc17a%7C0%7C0%7C637910005925574215%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5kBrXEmAbqp8R31JCH%2FG95MUly72UPVihnBwiRFmvBY%3D&reserved=0)

### Patches
The patch will be included in nvflare==2.1.2

### Workarounds
Replace pickle serialization with JSON and change the code accordingly

Additional information
Issue Found by: Oliver Sellwood (@Nintorac)

Affected Packages

PyPI nvflare
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.1.2)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-rcxc-3w2m-mp8h
Published
June 22, 2022 9:22 PM
Last Modified
June 22, 2022 9:22 PM
CVSS Score
9.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
PyPI
Primary Package
nvflare
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 5, 2025 6:26 AM

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