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CVE-2022-35968: `CHECK` fail in `AvgPoolGrad` in TensorFlow

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-617

Description

TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. The implementation of `AvgPoolGrad` does not fully validate the input `orig_input_shape`. This results in a `CHECK` failure which can be used to trigger a denial of service attack. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 3a6ac52664c6c095aa2b114e742b0aa17fdce78f. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.10.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.9.1, TensorFlow 2.8.1, and TensorFlow 2.7.2, as these are also affected and still in supported range. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected products

• tensorflow: from 2.7.0 before 2.7.2; from 2.8.0 before 2.8.1; from 2.9.0 before 2.9.1; 2.10-rc0, 2.10-rc1, 2.10-rc2, 2.10-rc3 — fixed in 2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: tensorflow 2.7.2, 2.8.1, 2.9.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/3a6ac52664c6c095aa2b114e742b0aa17fdce78f
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-2475-53vw-vp25
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/3a6ac52664c6c095aa2b114e742b0aa17fdce78f
• https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-2475-53vw-vp25

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