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CVE-2026-10036: SpeechBrain < 1.1.1 Arbitrary Code Execution via CKPT.yaml Parsing

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-27 · updated 2026-09-24
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

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.

Affected products

• speechbrain: before 1.1.1 — fixed in 1.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: speechbrain 1.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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

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