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title: "CVE-2026-65179: NVIDIA NeMo - Insecure Deserialization"
description: "NVIDIA NeMo contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability caused by untrusted .pkl file deserialization in TabularTokenizer class, letting attackers execute code, tamper data, cause denial of service, and disclose information, exploit requires attacker-controlled .pkl file."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-65179/
---

# CVE-2026-65179 NVIDIA NeMo - Insecure Deserialization

NVIDIA NeMo contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability caused by untrusted .pkl file deserialization in TabularTokenizer class, letting attackers execute code, tamper data, cause denial of service, and disclose information, exploit requires attacker-controlled .pkl file.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.76% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65179)

## Details

Type

Insecure Deserialization

Impact

Remote Code Execution, Data Tampering, Denial Of Service, Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

22 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-502](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with patched deserialization handling.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65179](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65179)
- [https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65179](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65179)
- [https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5885](https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5885)

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