CVE-2026-68770
Local model directory allows arbitrary code execution despite trust_remote_code=False
Is CVE-2026-68770 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-68770 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.65% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-68770?
CVE-2026-68770 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-68770?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-68770, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-68770 affect?
CVE-2026-68770 affects sentence-transformers (util/misc.py import_module_class), Python apps using SentenceTransformer loading local model directories. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-68770?
Avoid loading untrusted model dirs; validate/remove model files; run loads in isolation; apply vendor patch when released.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Arbitrary Python code execution during SentenceTransformer model load if attacker can place files in the model directory, bypassing trust_remote_code=False.
Immediate action required
- affected<= 5.5.1
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.