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TensorFlowGHSA-pqrv-8r2f-7278

Crash due to erroneous `StatusOr` in TensorFlow

Medium5.9CVE-2022-23590 · Published Feb 9, 2022 · updated Jul 13, 2026

### Impact A `GraphDef` from a TensorFlow `SavedModel` can be maliciously altered to cause a TensorFlow process to crash due to encountering [a `StatusOr` value that is an error and forcibly extracting the value from it](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/274df9b02330b790aa8de1cee164b70f72b9b244/tensorflow/core/graph/graph.cc#L560-L567): ```cc if (op_reg_data->type_ctor != nullptr) { VLOG(3) << "AddNode: found type constructor for " << node_def.name(); const auto ctor_type = full_type::SpecializeType(AttrSlice(node_def), op_reg_data->op_def); const FullTypeDef ctor_typedef = ctor_type.ValueOrDie(); if (ctor_typedef.type_id() != TFT_UNSET) { *(node_def.mutable_experimental_type()) = ctor_typedef; } } ``` If `ctor_type` is an error status, `ValueOrDie` results in a crash. ### Patches We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [955059813cc325dc1db5e2daa6221271406d4439](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/955059813cc325dc1db5e2daa6221271406d4439). We have patched the issue in multiple GitHub commits and these will be included in TensorFlow 2.8.0 and TensorFlow 2.7.1, as both are affected. ### For more information Please ...

GitHub advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
tensorflow
PyPI
< 2.7.12.7.1
Details and references

### Impact A `GraphDef` from a TensorFlow `SavedModel` can be maliciously altered to cause a TensorFlow process to crash due to encountering [a `StatusOr` value that is an error and forcibly extracting the value from it](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/274df9b02330b790aa8de1cee164b70f72b9b244/tensorflow/core/graph/graph.cc#L560-L567): ```cc if (op_reg_data->type_ctor != nullptr) { VLOG(3) << "AddNode: found type constructor for " << node_def.name(); const auto ctor_type = full_type::SpecializeType(AttrSlice(node_def), op_reg_data->op_def); const FullTypeDef ctor_typedef = ctor_type.ValueOrDie(); if (ctor_typedef.type_id() != TFT_UNSET) { *(node_def.mutable_experimental_type()) = ctor_typedef; } } ``` If `ctor_type` is an error status, `ValueOrDie` results in a crash. ### Patches We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [955059813cc325dc1db5e2daa6221271406d4439](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/955059813cc325dc1db5e2daa6221271406d4439). We have patched the issue in multiple GitHub commits and these will be included in TensorFlow 2.8.0 and TensorFlow 2.7.1, as both are affected. ### 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:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity from
GitHub (reviewed advisory)
Weakness
CWE-754
Also known as
BIT-tensorflow-2022-23590, CVE-2022-23590, PYSEC-2022-154, PYSEC-2022-99, PYSEC-2026-3225

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