Vulnerability in tensorflow (CVE-2020-15202)
Summary
Vulnerability in tensorflow (CVE-2020-15202). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Exploitable via Shard. Mitigation: upgrade to 2.3.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In Tensorflow before versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1 and 2.3.1, the Shard API in TensorFlow expects the last argument to be a function taking two int64 (i.e., long long) arguments. However, there are several places in TensorFlow where a lambda taking int or int32 arguments is being used. In these cases, if the amount of work to be parallelized is large enough, integer truncation occurs. Depending on how the two arguments of the lambda are used, this can result in segfaults, read/write outside of heap allocated arrays, stack overflows, or data corruption. The issue is patched in commits 27b417360cbd671ef55915e4bb6bb06af8b8a832 and ca8c013b5e97b1373b3bb1c97ea655e69f31a575, and is released in TensorFlow versions 1.15.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, or 2.3.1.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Auto-generated summary
Assembled by SecPulse from the source data (CVSS, CWE, affected versions) using templates — no AI involved. Check the original description and references below for exact details.
A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-15202 has been found in tensorflow.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like Shard over the network to misuse the product.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade tensorflow to 2.3.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "tensorflow CVE-2020-15202" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2020-15202 (tensorflow) — CWE-197
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Attack surface: Shard / int64 / int / int32
Patched: 2.3.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-197) exists in tensorflow. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via Shard without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of tensorflow. Attack surface: Shard / int64 / int / int32.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 2.3.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'tensorflow' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
-
1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'tensorflow' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
tensorflowを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade tensorflow to 2.3.1ステージング環境で 2.3.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
-
3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- package github.com
- patch github.com
- patch github.com
- report github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com