CVE-2026-28500: high-severity vulnerability in onnx
ONNX Untrusted Model Repository Warnings Suppressed by silent=True in onnx.hub.load() — Silent Supply-Chain Attack
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.6epss 0.3%
Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) is an open standard for machine learning interoperability. In versions up to and including 1.20.1, a security control bypass exists in onnx.hub.load() due to improper logic in the repository trust verification mechanism. While the function is designed to warn users when loading models from non-official sources, the use of the silent=True parameter completely suppresses all security warnings and confirmation prompts. This vulnerability transforms a standard model-loading function into a vector for Zero-Interaction Supply-Chain Attacks. When chained with file-system vulnerabilities, an attacker can silently exfiltrate sensitive files (SSH keys, cloud credentials) from the victim's machine the moment the model is loaded. As of time of publication, no known patched versions are available.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
onnx · onnxRelated CVEs — onnx
In the same product, most dangerous first.
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References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24977https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28500https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2448518https://github.com/onnx/onnx/security/advisories/GHSA-hqmj-h5c6-369mhttps://github.com/ZeroXJacks/CVEs/blob/main/2026/CVE-2026-28500.mdhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-28500.json