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TI-2020-11964 Aliases CVE-2020-15192GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv

Memory leak in Tensorflow

Priority LOW 22CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

In Tensorflow before versions 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, if a user passes a list of strings to `dlpack.to_dlpack` there is a memory leak following an expected validation failure. The issue occurs because the `status` argument during validation failures is not properly checked. Since each of the above methods can return an error status, the `status` value must be checked before continuing. The issue is patched in commit 22e07fb204386768e5bcbea563641ea11f96ceb8 and is released in TensorFlow versions 2.2.1, or 2.3.1.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00834 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed tensorflow (PyPI): 2.2.1, 2.3.1tensorflow-cpu (PyPI): 2.2.1, 2.3.1+1 more product

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Googletensorflow= 2.2.0; = 2.3.0—No fix listedCNA
—tensorflow (PyPI)2.2.0 to before 2.2.12.2.1Patch availableGHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv
—tensorflow (PyPI)2.3.0 to before 2.3.12.3.1Patch availableGHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv
—tensorflow-cpu (PyPI)2.2.0 to before 2.2.12.2.1Patch availableGHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv
—tensorflow-cpu (PyPI)2.3.0 to before 2.3.12.3.1Patch availableGHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv
—tensorflow-gpu (PyPI)2.2.0 to before 2.2.12.2.1Patch availableGHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv
—tensorflow-gpu (PyPI)2.3.0 to before 2.3.12.3.1Patch availableGHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv
  • tensorflow VendorGoogle Affected = 2.2.0; = 2.3.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • tensorflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.2.0 to before 2.2.1 Fixed in 2.2.1 Patch available GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv
  • tensorflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.3.0 to before 2.3.1 Fixed in 2.3.1 Patch available GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv
  • tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.2.0 to before 2.2.1 Fixed in 2.2.1 Patch available GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv
  • tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.3.0 to before 2.3.1 Fixed in 2.3.1 Patch available GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv
  • tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.2.0 to before 2.2.1 Fixed in 2.2.1 Patch available GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv
  • tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.3.0 to before 2.3.1 Fixed in 2.3.1 Patch available GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.2.0:*:*:*:-:*:*:*2.2.0VulnerableGoogle
cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.3.0:*:*:*:-:*:*:*2.3.0VulnerableGoogle
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.2VulnerableopenSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.2.0:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 2.2.0 Vulnerable ·Google
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:tensorflow:2.3.0:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 2.3.0 Vulnerable ·Google
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv tensorflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.2.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv tensorflow (PyPI) Fixed in 2.3.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.2.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv tensorflow-cpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.3.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.2.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv tensorflow-gpu (PyPI) Fixed in 2.3.1 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    tensorflow — openSUSE-SU-2020:1766

    16 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM, 10 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2020-11980 Data corruption in tensorflow-litePriority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2020-11977 Data leak in TensorflowPriority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2020-11979 Segfault and data corruption in tensorflow-litePriority MEDIUM 41
    Show all 16 records → Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15192
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8fxw-76px-3rxv

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 4

  • TI-2022-20241 FractionalMaxPool and FractionalAVGPool heap out-of-bounds acess in Tensorflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-07640 Integer overflow in Tensorflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-07627 Out of bounds read and write in Tensorflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-07619 Out of bounds write in Tensorflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-07613 Read and Write outside of bounds in TFLite CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-07612 Integer overflow in TFLite CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
See all 430 →

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