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TensorFlowGHSA-pgcq-h79j-2f69

Incomplete validation of shapes in multiple TF ops

TensorFlow

CVE-2021-41206 · Published Nov 10, 2021 · updated Jul 8, 2026

High7.0
Fix: upgrade to 2.4.4 or later (3 fixed versions below)
GitHub advisory

Impact

Several TensorFlow operations are missing validation for the shapes of the tensor arguments involved in the call. Depending on the API, this can result in undefined behavior and segfault or CHECK-fail related crashes but in some scenarios writes and reads from heap populated arrays are also possible.

We have discovered these issues internally via tooling while working on improving/testing GPU op determinism. As such, we don't have reproducers and there will be multiple fixes for these issues.

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commits [68422b215e618df5ad375bcdc6d2052e9fd3080a](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/68422b215e618df5ad375bcdc6d2052e9fd3080a), [4d74d8a00b07441cba090a02e0dd9ed385145bf4](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/4d74d8a00b07441cba090a02e0dd9ed385145bf4), [579261dcd446385831fe4f7457d802a59685121d](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/579261dcd446385831fe4f7457d802a59685121d), [da4aad5946be30e5f049920fa076e1f7ef021261](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/da4aad5946be30e5f049920fa076e1f7ef021261), [4dddb2fd0b01cdd196101afbba6518658a2c9e07](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/4dddb2fd0b01cdd196101afbba6518658a2c9e07), and [e7f497570abb6b4ae5af4970620cd880e4c0c904](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/e7f497570abb6b4ae5af4970620cd880e4c0c904).

These fixes will be...

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
tensorflow
PyPI
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.12.6.1
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.22.5.2
< 2.4.42.4.4
Details and references

### Impact Several TensorFlow operations are missing validation for the shapes of the tensor arguments involved in the call. Depending on the API, this can result in undefined behavior and segfault or `CHECK`-fail related crashes but in some scenarios writes and reads from heap populated arrays are also possible. We have discovered these issues internally via tooling while working on improving/testing GPU op determinism. As such, we don't have reproducers and there will be multiple fixes for these issues. ### Patches We have patched the issue in GitHub commits [68422b215e618df5ad375bcdc6d2052e9fd3080a](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/68422b215e618df5ad375bcdc6d2052e9fd3080a), [4d74d8a00b07441cba090a02e0dd9ed385145bf4](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/4d74d8a00b07441cba090a02e0dd9ed385145bf4), [579261dcd446385831fe4f7457d802a59685121d](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/579261dcd446385831fe4f7457d802a59685121d), [da4aad5946be30e5f049920fa076e1f7ef021261](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/da4aad5946be30e5f049920fa076e1f7ef021261), [4dddb2fd0b01cdd196101afbba6518658a2c9e07](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/4dddb2fd0b01cdd196101afbba6518658a2c9e07), and [e7f497570abb6b4ae5af4970620cd880e4c0c904](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/e7f497570abb6b4ae5af4970620cd880e4c0c904). These fixes will be included in TensorFlow 2.7.0. We will also cherrypick these commits on TensorFlow 2.6.1, TensorFlow 2.5.2, and TensorFlow 2.4.4, 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.

CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity from
GitHub (reviewed advisory)
Weakness
CWE-354
Also known as
BIT-tensorflow-2021-41206, CVE-2021-41206, PYSEC-2021-843, PYSEC-2021-845, PYSEC-2021-847

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