Security Advisory
CVE-2026-58659
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
PyTorch Lightning through 2.6.5, fixed in commit d710d68, contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the _load_state function that imports and executes attacker-controlled module names from checkpoint _instantiator hyperparameters. Attackers can craft malicious checkpoint files that bypass weights_only=True protections to execute arbitrary code when LightningModule.load_from_checkpoint is called.
Published Date
July 15, 2026
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory