PyOD persistence.load deserializes untrusted artifacts before validation

Medium6.3CVE-2026-15529 · Published Jul 13, 2026 · updated Sep 10, 2026

A vulnerability was detected in yzhao062 pyod 3.5.0/3.5.1/3.5.2. Affected is the function pyod.utils.persistence.load of the file pyod/utils/persistence.py. Performing a manipulation of the argument path results in deserialization. The attack can be initiated remotely. The pull request to fix this issue requires some minor changes.