{"id":"CVE-2021-29561","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-29561","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T05:27:43.121Z","title":"An attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting a `CHECK`-failure coming from `tf.raw_ops.LoadAndRemapMatrix`.","description":"TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. An attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting a `CHECK`-failure coming from `tf.raw_ops.LoadAndRemapMatrix`. This is because the implementation(https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/d94227d43aa125ad8b54115c03cece54f6a1977b/tensorflow/core/kernels/ragged_tensor_to_tensor_op.cc#L219-L222) assumes that the `ckpt_path` is always a valid scalar. However, an attacker can send any other tensor as the first argument of `LoadAndRemapMatrix`. This would cause the rank `CHECK` in `scalar<T>()()` to trigger and terminate the process. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.5.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.4.2, TensorFlow 2.3.3, TensorFlow 2.2.3 and TensorFlow 2.1.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.","published":"2021-05-14T20:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:47:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-617"],"affected":["google/tensorflow"],"epss":{"score":0.00189,"percentile":0.0846,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/77dd114513d7796e1e2b8aece214a380af26fbf4","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-gvm4-h8j3-rjrq","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/77dd114513d7796e1e2b8aece214a380af26fbf4","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/security/advisories/GHSA-gvm4-h8j3-rjrq","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29561","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}