CVE-2026-0897

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the HDF5 weight loading component in Google Keras 3.0.0 through 3.13.0 on all platforms allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) through memory exhaustion and a crash of the Python interpreter via a crafted .keras archive containing a valid model.weights.h5 file whose dataset declares an extremely large shape.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/keras-team/keras/pull/21880	Issue Tracking Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:keras:keras:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 Jan 2026, 18:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:keras:keras::::::::
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.5
First Time		Keras keras Keras
References	~~() https://github.com/keras-team/keras/pull/21880 -~~	() https://github.com/keras-team/keras/pull/21880 - Issue Tracking, Patch

15 Jan 2026, 14:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-15 14:16

Updated : 2026-01-23 18:35

NVD link : CVE-2026-0897

Mitre link : CVE-2026-0897

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-0897

JSON object : View

Products Affected

keras

keras

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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