CVE-2024-11039: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in binary-husky/gpt_academic

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

A pickle deserialization vulnerability exists in the Latex English error correction plug-in function of binary-husky/gpt_academic versions up to and including 3.83. This vulnerability allows attackers to achieve remote command execution by deserializing untrusted data. The issue arises from the inclusion of numpy in the deserialization whitelist, which can be exploited by constructing a malicious compressed package containing a merge_result.pkl file and a merge_proofread_en.tex file. The vulnerability is fixed in commit 91f5e6b.

Affected products

binary-husky/gpt_academic: before 3.91 — fixed in 3.91

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: binary-husky/gpt_academic 3.91. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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