CVE-2026-102567
mediumCTranslate2 before 4.8.1 contains an out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in the binary model loader when deserializing string fields without null terminators.
CTranslate2 before 4.8.1 contains an out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in the binary model loader when deserializing string fields without null terminators. Attackers can craft malicious model files to trigger heap memory reads past buffer boundaries, causing crashes or disclosing adjacent heap memory contents.
CVSS
6.1
6.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-29 15:17
Modified: 2026-09-30 17:23
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2/blob/v4.8.0/src/models/model.cc#L81-L87 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2/commit/d9b991e0700933a0c05373df8b52ed89cdcab96d disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2/pull/2068 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/OpenNMT/CTranslate2/releases/tag/v4.8.1 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ctranslate2-before-4.8.1-out-of-bounds-read-via-model... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC · record ↗