keras Path Traversal vulnerability

published 2025-01-08 22 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-cjgq-5qmw-rcj6 , PYSEC-2025-121 , EUVD-2025-0022

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue in keras 3.7.0 allows attackers to write arbitrary files to the user's machine via downloading a crafted tar file through the get_file function.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-55459 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 5.7

keras: arbitrary file write via get_file function

Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) odh-ml-pipelines-driver-rhel8, odh-ml-pipelines-launcher-rhel8, odh-modelmesh-runtime-adapter-rhel8, odh-ml-pipelines-api-server-v2-rhel8, odh-ml-pipelines-persistenceagent-v2-rhel8, odh-ml-pipelines-scheduledworkflow-v2-rhel8
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2025-01-08)

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
OSV	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
pypi	keras	<=3.7.0	no fix listed

Classification

Weakness

CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

github.com /keras-team/keras
package, product
keras.io
web, product
river-bicycle-f1e.notion.site /Arbitrary-File-Write-Vulnerability-in-get_file-function-11888e31952580179224e50892976d32
web, broken-link
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55459
advisory
github.com /keras-team/keras/blob/8f5592bcb61ff48c96560c8923e482db1076b54a/keras/src/utils/file_utils.py#L115
web
github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keras/PYSEC-2025-121.yaml
web
github.com /advisories/GHSA-cjgq-5qmw-rcj6
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary