SpeechBrain before 1.1.1 contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted CKPT.yaml checkpoint metadata file parsed with PyYAML's unsafe loader during candidate enumeration in Checkpointer.recover_if_possible(). Attackers can embed malicious Python object construction tags such as !!python/object/apply in any CKPT.yaml file within the configured checkpoint path to trigger code execution during candidate discovery, even if the malicious checkpoint is never selected for recovery.
HIGH
Vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2026-10036
CVSS 4.08.7
SeverityHigh
Known exploitedNo
NVD references:
- https://github.com/SaiTeja-Erukude/CVE-2026-10036-speechbrain-rce
- https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/commit/22a616646a493871401461f80b2d5cf564cb2850
- https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/pull/3067
- https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.1.1
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/speechbrain-arbitrary-code-execution-via-ckpt-yaml-parsing
Primary source: NIST National Vulnerability Database