---
id: CVE-2026-10036
title: >-
  SpeechBrain before 1.1.1 contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability
  that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted
  CKPT.yaml checkpoint metadata file parsed with PyYAML's unsafe loader during
  candidate enu…
summary: >-
  SpeechBrain before 1.1.1 contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability
  that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted
  CKPT.yaml checkpoint metadata file parsed with PyYAML's unsafe loader during
  candidate enu…
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-502
published: '2026-08-27'
updated: '2026-09-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-24T20:43:32.537'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10036'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/SaiTeja-Erukude/CVE-2026-10036-speechbrain-rce'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/commit/22a616646a493871401461f80b2d5cf564cb2850
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/pull/3067'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.1.1'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/speechbrain-arbitrary-code-execution-via-ckpt-yaml-parsing
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00461
epssPercentile: 0.37337
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/SaiTeja-Erukude/CVE-2026-10036-speechbrain-rce'
  checkedAt: '2026-09-26T09:05:36.718Z'
exploitAvailable: true
ingestedAt: '2026-09-24T20:51:40.237Z'
---

## Overview

SpeechBrain before 1.1.1 contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted CKPT.yaml checkpoint metadata file parsed with PyYAML's unsafe loader during candidate enumeration in Checkpointer.recover_if_possible(). Attackers can embed malicious Python object construction tags such as !!python/object/apply in any CKPT.yaml file within the configured checkpoint path to trigger code execution during candidate discovery, even if the malicious checkpoint is never selected for recovery.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.