Deserialization of Untrusted Data in transformers - CVE-2024-11394
Published: July 18, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113033
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11394
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the handling of model files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
transformers
Knowledge Catalog Premium Cartridge
DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data
Knowledge Catalog Premium Cartridge
DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data
How to mitigate CVE-2024-11394
Install updates from vendor's website.
transformers - update to 4.48.0
Knowledge Catalog Premium Cartridge - update to 5.2
Knowledge Catalog Premium Cartridge - update to 5.2