CVE-2026-86169 | BDVDB-2026-368557 Detail
axolotl-ai-cloudaxolotl
Description#
Axolotl before 0.19.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the multipack patch path where trust_remote_code defaults to None instead of False, causing the security guard to be bypassed. Attackers can execute arbitrary Python code by crafting a malicious Hugging Face model repository selected as base_model, which is loaded with hardcoded trust_remote_code=True during AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
References#
- https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/pull/3858
- https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/commit/b62d60b101eea7f32532ee3c0b17c2f2430a9262
- https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/v0.18.0/src/axolotl/loaders/patch_manager.py#L794-L806
- https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/v0.18.0/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/multipack.py#L86-L96
- https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/releases/tag/v0.19.0
- https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/axolotl-through-0.18.0-remote-code-execution-via-multipack-patching
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.