Ray prior to 2.56.0 contains an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in the WebDataset reader that allows attackers to achieve remote code execution by supplying a malicious tar archive to the read_webdataset() function. The _default_decoder() function in webdataset_datasource.py unconditionally calls pickle.loads() on tar entries with .pkl/.pickle extensions and torch.load() with weights_only=False on .pt/.pth entries, executing arbitrary code inside Ray remote workers on every worker that processes the malicious archive.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/ray-project/ray/pull/63469 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/ray-project/ray/pull/63470 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/ray-project/ray/releases/tag/ray-2.56.0 | Product Release Notes |
| https://github.com/ray-project/ray/security/advisories/GHSA-hhrp-gw25-jr43 | Exploit Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ray-unsafe-deserialization-rce-via-webdataset-reader | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/ray-project/ray/security/advisories/GHSA-hhrp-gw25-jr43 | Exploit Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
14 Jul 2026, 22:17
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () https://github.com/ray-project/ray/security/advisories/GHSA-hhrp-gw25-jr43 - Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
06 Jul 2026, 17:32
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () https://github.com/ray-project/ray/pull/63469 - Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/ray-project/ray/pull/63470 - Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/ray-project/ray/releases/tag/ray-2.56.0 - Product, Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/ray-project/ray/security/advisories/GHSA-hhrp-gw25-jr43 - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory, Patch | |
| References | () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ray-unsafe-deserialization-rce-via-webdataset-reader - Third Party Advisory | |
| First Time |
Anyscale
Anyscale ray |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:anyscale:ray:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
01 Jul 2026, 19:16
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| References | () https://github.com/ray-project/ray/security/advisories/GHSA-hhrp-gw25-jr43 - |
01 Jul 2026, 17:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-07-01 17:16
Updated : 2026-07-14 22:17
NVD link : CVE-2026-57516
Mitre link : CVE-2026-57516
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-57516
JSON object : View
Products Affected
anyscale
- ray
CWE
CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
