{"id":"CVE-2026-86169","title":"Axolotl before 0.19.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the multipack patch path where trust_remote_code defaults to None instead of False, causing the security guard to be bypassed","summary":"Axolotl before 0.19.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the multipack patch path where trust_remote_code defaults to None instead of False, causing the security guard to be bypassed. Attackers can execute arbitrary Python…","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-829"],"vendor":"axolotl-ai-cloud","product":"axolotl","affected":["axolotl < 0.19.0"],"published":"2026-09-05","updated":"2026-09-23","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-23T17:17:46.980","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86169","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/v0.18.0/src/axolotl/loaders/patch_manager.py#L794-L806","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/v0.18.0/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/multipack.py#L86-L96","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/commit/b62d60b101eea7f32532ee3c0b17c2f2430a9262","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/pull/3858","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/releases/tag/v0.19.0","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/axolotl-through-0.18.0-remote-code-execution-via-multipack-patching","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00494,"epssPercentile":0.41499,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-08T18:13:15.055313Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-06T07:51:56.398Z","slug":"CVE-2026-86169","body":"## Overview\n\nAxolotl before 0.19.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the multipack patch path where trust_remote_code defaults to None instead of False, causing the security guard to be bypassed. Attackers can execute arbitrary Python code by crafting a malicious Hugging Face model repository selected as base_model, which is loaded with hardcoded trust_remote_code=True during AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}