CVE-2026-6859 (GCVE-0-2026-6859)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-22 13:04
Modified
2026-05-04 06:05
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CWE
- CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Summary
A flaw was found in InstructLab. The `linux_train.py` script hardcodes `trust_remote_code=True` when loading models from HuggingFace. This allows a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary Python code execution by convincing a user to run `ilab train/download/generate` with a specially crafted malicious model from the HuggingFace Hub. This vulnerability can lead to complete system compromise.
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Impacted products
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 |
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:3 |
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