{"id":"PYSEC-2026-3629","summary":"Keras: HDF5 virtual datasets can disclose local files","details":"Keras versions up to and including 3.13.2 are vulnerable to an arbitrary HDF5 file read due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-1669. The vulnerability resides in the `H5IOStore._verify_dataset()` and `file_editor.py` methods, which fail to check the `dataset.is_virtual` property of HDF5 datasets. This allows an attacker to craft a malicious `.keras` model archive or `.h5` weights file containing a Virtual Dataset (VDS) that references external HDF5 files on the victim's filesystem. When the victim loads the model using `keras.models.load_model()` or `keras.saving.load_model()`, the external file is transparently read, leading to potential information disclosure. Fixed in versions 3.12.3 and 3.15.0.","aliases":["CVE-2026-12480","GHSA-26c4-7vv6-867j"],"modified":"2026-08-10T11:30:13.122559743Z","published":"2026-08-10T10:43:49.083911Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12480"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/keras-team/keras/commit/8f987f11bf7512f0df4774a8f1557bba07dc2b49"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/keras-team/keras/commit/d5a88bdb137c0d3039b8f4bbbe8c7099925cc10c"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/keras-team/keras"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/keras-team/keras/releases/tag/v3.12.3"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/keras-team/keras/releases/tag/v3.15.0"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://huntr.com/bounties/1875d257-5b03-4a69-ac70-e98653fa12c7"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/keras"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-26c4-7vv6-867j"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"keras","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/keras"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.12.3"},{"introduced":"3.13.0"},{"fixed":"3.15.0"}]}],"versions":["0.2.0","0.3.0","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.3.3","1.0.0","1.0.1","1.0.2","1.0.3","1.0.4","1.0.5","1.0.6","1.0.7","1.0.8","1.1.0","1.1.1","1.1.2","1.2.0","1.2.1","1.2.2","2.0.0","2.0.1","2.0.2","2.0.3","2.0.4","2.0.5","2.0.6","2.0.7","2.0.8","2.0.9","2.1.0","2.1.1","2.1.2","2.1.3","2.1.4","2.1.5","2.1.6","2.10.0","2.10.0rc0","2.10.0rc1","2.11.0","2.11.0rc0","2.11.0rc1","2.11.0rc2","2.11.0rc3","2.12.0","2.12.0rc0","2.12.0rc1","2.13.1","2.13.1rc0","2.13.1rc1","2.14.0","2.14.0rc0","2.15.0","2.15.0rc0","2.15.0rc1","2.2.0","2.2.1","2.2.2","2.2.3","2.2.4","2.2.5","2.3.0","2.3.1","2.4.0","2.4.1","2.4.2","2.4.3","2.5.0rc0","2.6.0","2.6.0rc0","2.6.0rc1","2.6.0rc2","2.6.0rc3","2.7.0","2.7.0rc0","2.7.0rc2","2.8.0","2.8.0rc0","2.8.0rc1","2.9.0","2.9.0rc0","2.9.0rc1","2.9.0rc2","3.0.0","3.0.1","3.0.2","3.0.3","3.0.4","3.0.5","3.1.0","3.1.1","3.10.0","3.11.0","3.11.1","3.11.2","3.11.3","3.12.0","3.12.1","3.12.2","3.13.0","3.13.1","3.13.2","3.14.0","3.14.1","3.2.0","3.2.1","3.3.0","3.3.1","3.3.2","3.3.3","3.4.0","3.4.1","3.5.0","3.6.0","3.7.0","3.8.0","3.9.0","3.9.1","3.9.2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/keras/PYSEC-2026-3629.yaml"}}],"schema_version":"1.8.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}