CVE-2022-0845 Code Injection in pytorchlightning/pytorch-lightning

What is CVE-2022-0845?

CVE-2022-0845 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in pytorchlightning/pytorch-lightning, published on 5 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Code Injection in GitHub repository pytorchlightning/pytorch-lightning prior to 1.6.0.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0845?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including pytorch-lightning and lightning. It affects 1 product.

Products include Lightningai Pytorch Lightning.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0845?

Upgrade pytorch-lightning to 1.6.0 or later.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2022-0845 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0845 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in pytorchlightning/pytorch-lightning

• CVE-2024-5452 RCE via Property/Class Pollution in lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-44484 Compromise of PyTorch Lightning PyPi Package Versions Critical 9.3
• CVE-2024-8019 Arbitrary File Write/Overwrite in lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning Critical 9.1
• CVE-2024-5980 Arbitrary File Write via /v1/runs API endpoint in lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning Critical 9.1
• CVE-2026-31221 PyTorch Lightning load_from_checkpoint has an insecure checkpoint deserialization High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-r5qj-cvf9-p85h, PYSEC-2022-181, PYSEC-2026-3969.