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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2022-35968 json

`CHECK` fail in `AvgPoolGrad` in TensorFlow

published 2022-09-16 4 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-tensorflow-2022-35968 , EUVD-2022-6652 , GHSA-2475-53vw-vp25 , PYSEC-2026-3083 , PYSEC-2026-3263 , PYSEC-2026-940

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. The implementation of `AvgPoolGrad` does not fully validate the input `orig_input_shape`. This results in a `CHECK` failure which can be used to trigger a denial of service attack. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 3a6ac52664c6c095aa2b114e742b0aa17fdce78f. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.10.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.9.1, TensorFlow 2.8.1, and TensorFlow 2.7.2, as these are also affected and still in supported range. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Patch / fix

  • pypi tensorflow 2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
  • pypi tensorflow-cpu 2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
  • pypi tensorflow-gpu 2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
  • bitnami tensorflow 2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1
  • google tensorflow 2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi tensorflow
<2.7.2
>=2.8.0, <2.8.1
>=2.9.0, <2.9.1
2.7.2
2.8.1
2.9.1
pypi tensorflow-cpu
<2.7.2
>=2.8.0, <2.8.1
>=2.9.0, <2.9.1
2.7.2
2.8.1
2.9.1
pypi tensorflow-gpu
<2.7.2
>=2.8.0, <2.8.1
>=2.9.0, <2.9.1
2.7.2
2.8.1
2.9.1
bitnami tensorflow
>=2.7.0, <2.7.2
>=2.8.0, <2.8.1
>=2.9.0, <2.9.1
2.7.2
2.8.1
2.9.1

Affected products

  • tensorflow tensorflow

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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