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Critical · 9.8 Public exploit CVE-2024-5452 EUVD-2024-2023GHSA-cgwc-qvrx-rf7fPYSEC-2026-385PYSEC-2026-3974

RCE via Property/Class Pollution in lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning

Published Jun 6, 2024 · Updated Oct 15, 2025 · Assigned by @huntr_ai

Description

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in the lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning library version 2.2.1 due to improper handling of deserialized user input and mismanagement of dunder attributes by the `deepdiff` library. The library uses `deepdiff.Delta` objects to modify application state based on frontend actions. However, it is possible to bypass the intended restrictions on modifying dunder attributes, allowing an attacker to construct a serialized delta that passes the deserializer whitelist and contains dunder attributes. When processed, this can be exploited to access other modules, classes, and instances, leading to arbitrary attribute write and total RCE on any self-hosted pytorch-lightning application in its default configuration, as the delta endpoint is enabled by default.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
lightning-ai lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning unspecified – < 2.3.3 2.3.3

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI lightning < 2.3.3 2.3.3 GHSA-cgwc-qvrx-rf7f
PyPI pytorch-lightning < 2.3.3 2.3.3 PYSEC-2026-3974

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