CVE-2026-10036
SpeechBrain before 1.1.1 contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted CKPT.yaml checkpoint metadata file parsed with PyYAML's unsafe loader during candidate enumeration in Checkpointer.recover_if_possible(). Attackers can embed malicious Python object construction tags such as !!python/object/apply in any CKPT.yaml file within the configured checkpoint path to trigger code execution during candidate discovery, even if the malicious checkpoint is never selected for recovery.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.4% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 29% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 8.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- CVSS v4
- 8.7
- Weakness
- CWE-502
- Assigned by
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-27
- Last modified
- 2026-08-28
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/SaiTeja-Erukude/CVE-2026-10036-speechbrain-rce
- https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/commit/22a616646a493871401461f80b2d5cf564cb2850
- https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/pull/3067
- https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.1.1
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/speechbrain-arbitrary-code-execution-via-ckpt-yaml-parsing