CVE-2025-12060 (GCVE-0-2025-12060)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-30 17:10 – Updated: 2025-11-01 03:55
VLAI?
Title
Keras keras.utils.get_file Utility Path Traversal Vulnerability
Summary
The keras.utils.get_file API in Keras, when used with the extract=True option for tar archives, is vulnerable to a path traversal attack. The utility uses Python's tarfile.extractall function without the filter="data" feature. A remote attacker can craft a malicious tar archive containing special symlinks, which, when extracted, allows them to write arbitrary files to any location on the filesystem outside of the intended destination folder. This vulnerability is linked to the underlying Python tarfile weakness, identified as CVE-2025-4517. Note that upgrading Python to one of the versions that fix CVE-2025-4517 (e.g. Python 3.13.4) is not enough. One additionally needs to upgrade Keras to a version with the fix (Keras 3.12).
Severity ?
8.9 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Keras Keras Affected: 3.0.0 , ≤ 3.11.3 (semver)
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Credits
Krishna Gudimetla
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