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TI-2026-00978 Aliases CVE-2026-1260GHSA-38vq-g6vr-w8wf

Invalid Memory Access in Sentencepiece,

Priority LOW 38CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Invalid memory access in Sentencepiece versions less than 0.2.1 when using a vulnerable model file, which is not created in the normal training procedure.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00174 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Sentencepiece (Google): 0.2.1sentencepiece (PyPI): 0.2.1Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
GoogleSentencepiecebefore 0.2.10.2.1Patch availableCNA
—sentencepiece (PyPI)before 0.2.10.2.1Patch availableGHSA-38vq-g6vr-w8wf
  • Sentencepiece VendorGoogle Affected before 0.2.1 Fixed in 0.2.1 Patch available CNA
  • sentencepiece (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.2.1 Fixed in 0.2.1 Patch available GHSA-38vq-g6vr-w8wf

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:google:sentencepiece:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.2.1VulnerableGoogle
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:sentencepiece:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.2.1 Vulnerable ·Google

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Sentencepiece (Google) Fixed in 0.2.1
  • Fix · GHSA-38vq-g6vr-w8wf sentencepiece (PyPI) Fixed in 0.2.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:3782 Released 2026-03-04 · Red Hat rating Critical
    RHOAI 2.25.3 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
    • Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-caikit-tgis-serving-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-codeflare-operator-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9 +27
  • RHSA-2026:3713 Released 2026-03-04 · Red Hat rating Critical
    RHOAI 3.3 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
    • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-built-in-detector-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-argo-argoexec-rhel9 +47

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat AI Inference ServerAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25Fixed RHSA-2026:3782
Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3Fixed RHSA-2026:3713
Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat AI Inference Server
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-1260
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38vq-g6vr-w8wf

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

Sources

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