Unauthenticated RCE in InternLM LMDeploy via pickle deserialization
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
InternLM LMDeploy from 0.9.0 through 0.18.0 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in the /update_weights endpoint. The endpoint deserializes untrusted pickled data without validation (CWE-502), so an unauthenticated remote attacker who submits a crafted pickle in serialized_named_tensors can run OS commands as the api_server process. CISA SSVC rates exploitation as proof of concept.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Description from the CNA
InternLM LMDeploy 0.9.0 through 0.18.0 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that allows remote attackers to run OS commands by sending pickled data to the /update_weights endpoint. Attackers can submit a base64-encoded crafted pickle in serialized_named_tensors, which ForkingPickler.loads deserializes without validation, executing commands as the api_server process.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for lmdeploy.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119706
- 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → HIGH
- 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-fq46-3gxq-v4vc
References
More InternLM vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-67516 InternLM MindSearch Planner Agent graph.py ExecutionAction.run code injection CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-37341 LMdeploy has Remote Code Execution by Pickle Deserialization via zmq_rpc.call_and_response() in InterLM/lmdeploy CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-53684 LMDeploy Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Pickle Deserialization in the Disaggregated Serving Peer Connector CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-62637 InternLM LMDeploy through 0.17.0 Memory Exhaustion via Session ID Mismatch CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-62632 InternLM LMDeploy through 0.17.0 Assertion Denial of Service CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-45351 LMDeploy Server-Side Request Forgery via HTTP Redirect Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-119706 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119706 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fq46-3gxq-v4vc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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