---
id: CVE-2026-95928
title: >-
  A security flaw has been discovered in recommenders-team recommenders up to
  1.2.1
summary: >-
  A security flaw has been discovered in recommenders-team recommenders up to
  1.2.1. This impacts the function pickle.load of the file
  recommenders/models/newsrec/io/mind_iterator.py of the component Dict Loading.
  Performing a manipulation…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-20
  - CWE-502
vendor: recommenders-team
product: recommenders
affected:
  - recommenders 1.2.0
  - recommenders 1.2.1
published: '2026-09-23'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T14:57:49.540'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95928'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/recommenders-team/recommenders/'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/recommenders-team/recommenders/issues/2368'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-95928'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/submit/953327'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/vuln/408550'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/vuln/408550/cti'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.0019
epssPercentile: 0.0767
exploitAvailable: true
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-23T13:50:57.392964Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T02:15:23.394Z'
---

## Overview

A security flaw has been discovered in recommenders-team recommenders up to 1.2.1. This impacts the function pickle.load of the file recommenders/models/newsrec/io/mind_iterator.py of the component Dict Loading. Performing a manipulation results in deserialization. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

## Remediation

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