CVE-2026-102566
7.8, highOpenNMT CTranslate2 Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 7.8, high high CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.1% higher than 3.6% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- No public evidence
- Published
- 29 Sept 202618 days ago
Description
CTranslate2 before 4.8.1 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in the binary model loader that fails to validate payload length against allocated buffer size. Attackers can craft malicious model files with oversized payload lengths to write past heap allocation boundaries, causing crashes or arbitrary code execution.
Details
- Vendor
- OpenNMT
- Product
- CTranslate2
- Weakness
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Awaiting analysis
- Updated
- 30 Sept 2026
- Assigner
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 6
Patches and fixes 2
Other references 4
- github.com /OpenNMT/CTranslate2 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com /OpenNMT/CTranslate2/blob/v4.8.0/src/models/model.cc#L656-L657 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com /OpenNMT/CTranslate2/releases/tag/v4.8.1 (opens in a new tab)
- vulncheck.com /advisories/ctranslate2-before-4.8.1-heap-buffer-overflow-via-model-bin (opens in a new tab)
The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.
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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.