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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2024-10190 EUVD-2025-7121GHSA-mrhh-3ggq-23p2PYSEC-2026-355

Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in ElasticRendezvousHandler in horovod/horovod

Published Mar 20, 2025 · Updated Oct 15, 2025 · Assigned by @huntr_ai

Description

Horovod versions up to and including v0.28.1 are vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of base64-encoded data in the `ElasticRendezvousHandler`, a subclass of `KVStoreHandler`. Specifically, the `_put_value` method in `ElasticRendezvousHandler` calls `codec.loads_base64(value)`, which eventually invokes `cloudpickle.loads(decoded)`. This allows an attacker to send a malicious pickle object via a PUT request, leading to arbitrary code execution on the server.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
horovod horovod/horovod unspecified – ≤ latest —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI horovod <= 0.28.1 — GHSA-mrhh-3ggq-23p2

References