Vulnerability · Published Jun 1, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-49121AI Tensor Engine for ROCm (AITER) 0.1.14 Unauthenticated RCE via MessageQueue.recv() Pickle Deserialization
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity unsafe deserialization in aiter from ROCm. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
AI Tensor Engine for ROCm (AITER) through 0.1.14 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the MessageQueue.recv() function within shm_broadcast.py that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a malicious pickle payload to a ZMQ SUB socket with no authentication, HMAC, or format validation. Attackers who can reach the writer XPUB endpoint on the cluster network or supply a forged Handle with an attacker-controlled remote_subscribe_addr can deliver a crafted pickle payload that executes arbitrary code simultaneously as the inference worker process on every remote reader worker.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/ROCm/aiter/issues/3076 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/ROCm/aiter/pull/3170 issue-tracking
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ai-tensor-engine-for-rocm-aiter-unauthenticated-rce-via-messagequeue-recv-pickle-deserialization third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-49121 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2483882 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-49121.json x_sadp-csaf-vex