MediumCVE-2026-112075

    unslothai unsloth sentence_transformer.py externally-controlled input to select classes or code (CVE-2026-112075)

    Published Last modified Sources: CVE.org

    What is affected, what to do

    A weakness has been identified in unslothai unsloth up to 0.1.501-beta. This affects the function FastSentenceTransformer._is_transformer_module_ref of the file unsloth/models/sentence_transformer.py.

    An exploit is publicly available. The available sources name no fixed version. Check the vendor guidance in the references below.

    Affected
    • Unsloth eq 0.1.501-beta..0.1.501-beta

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    Metrics

    6.3

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: NVD, CVSS v3

    6.3

    CVSS v3

    Severity Medium on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: CVE.org

    0.3 %

    EPSS score

    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 25.5

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    Severity
    Medium
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    66.69 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    PoC (publicly reported)
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    6.3 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    6.3
    CVSS v4

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    5.3
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    0.3 %
    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    25.5
    Elevated — this CVE ranks above at least 10% of all CVEs scored today.
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    Published
    CISA assessment (SSVC)
    Exploitation: proof of concept · automatable · Technical impact: partial
    Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 19 October 2026
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-470

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    Handle the vulnerability in regular vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    A weakness has been identified in unslothai unsloth up to 0.1.501-beta. This affects the function FastSentenceTransformer._is_transformer_module_ref of the file unsloth/models/sentence_transformer.py. This manipulation of the argument Type causes use of externally-controlled input to select classes or code. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 0.1.902-beta is able to mitigate this issue. Patch name: de801746386a53a0cb26216e715a0af863b76ad9. The affected component should be upgraded.

    Source: cvelistv5, NVD (NIST)

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    unslothaiunsloth
    • 0.1.501-beta
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    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-470Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')

      Base

      The product uses external input with reflection to select which classes or code to use, but it does not sufficiently prevent the input from selecting improper classes or code.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-470

    Public exploit references

    Publicly reported proof-of-concepts, exploit modules and detection templates for this vulnerability. NEOSEC links to the original sources only and does not provide any exploit code.

    Public exploit references
    Reference tagged as exploitgithub.com (opens in a new tab)PoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified—

    References & sources

    • github.comunslothai/unslothProduct
    • github.comunslothai/unsloth/commit/de801746386a53a0cb26216e715a0af863b76a…Patch
    • github.comunslothai/unsloth/issues/12419Issue tracking
    • github.comunslothai/unsloth/pull/11560Issue tracking, Patch
    • github.comunslothai/unsloth/releases/tag/v0.1.902-betaPatch
    • github.comuser-attachments/files/32908312/poc.zipExploit
    • vuldb.comCVE-2026-112075 | CVE Analysis and ReportThird-party advisory
    • vuldb.comSubmit #1009576 | Unsloth AI Unsloth up to 2026.9.11 (commit de801746386a53a0cb26216e715a0af863b76ad9) Unsafe ReflectionThird-party advisory
    • vuldb.comVDB-421754 | unslothai unsloth sentence_transformer.py externally-controlled input to select classes or codeVulnerability database, Technical description
    • vuldb.comVDB-421754 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)signature, Permissions required

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Record modifiedCISA ADP

      CISA assessment (SSVC): exploitation: proof of concept, automatable: yes

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      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      SSVC assessmentadded
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      {"id":"CVE-2026-112075","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"poc"},{"automatable":"yes"},{"technicalImpact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-10-19T15:46:35.739324Z"}

      Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    2. ReceivedVulDB

      CVSS V4.0: AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

      CVSS V3.1: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

      CVSS V2: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

      Weakness type: CWE-470

      Description added or changed

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      Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      Descriptionadded
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      A weakness has been identified in unslothai unsloth up to 0.1.501-beta. This affects the function FastSentenceTransformer._is_transformer_module_ref of the file unsloth/models/sentence_transformer.py. This manipulation of the argument Type causes use of externally-controlled input to select classes or code. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 0.1.902-beta is able to mitigate this issue. Patch name: de801746386a53a0cb26216e715a0af863b76ad9. The affected component should be upgraded.
      CVSSadded
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      AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
      CVSSadded
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      AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
      CVSSadded
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      (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
      Weakness type (CWE)added
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      CWE-470
      Affected versions (publisher)added
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      New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/112xxx/CVE-2026-112075.json">CVE-2026-112075</a>
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/commit/de801746386a53a0cb26216e715a0af863b76ad9
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/issues/12419
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/pull/11560
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/unslothai/unsloth/releases/tag/v0.1.902-beta
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/user-attachments/files/32908312/poc.zip
      Referenceadded
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      https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-112075
      Referenceadded
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      https://vuldb.com/submit/1009576
      Referenceadded
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      https://vuldb.com/vuln/421754
      Referenceadded
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      https://vuldb.com/vuln/421754/cti

      Source identifier: cna@vuldb.com

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