CVE-2025-12060

HIGH EPSS 43.9%

Published Oct 30, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

8.9 CVSS 4.0

High

Published Oct 30, 2025 8mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The keras.utils.get_file API in Keras, when used with the extract=True option for tar archives, is vulnerable to a path traversal attack. The utility uses Python's tarfile.extractall function without the filter="data" feature. A remote attacker can craft a malicious tar archive containing special symlinks, which, when extracted, allows them to write arbitrary files to any location on the filesystem outside of the intended destination folder. This vulnerability is linked to the underlying Python tarfile weakness, identified as CVE-2025-4517. Note that upgrading Python to one of the versions that fix CVE-2025-4517 (e.g. Python 3.13.4) is not enough. One additionally needs to upgrade Keras to a version with the fix (Keras 3.12).

CVSS Details

Base Score

8.9

Exploitability

—

Impact

—

Vector string

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction P

Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

43.9% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

References 2

github.com https://github.com/keras-team/keras/pull/21760
github.com https://github.com/keras-team/keras/security/advisories/GHSA-hjqc-jx6g-rwp9

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.