CVE-2026-41486

8.8 HIGH
Published: May 08, 2026 Modified: May 18, 2026
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Description

Ray is an AI compute engine. From version 2.54.0 to before version 2.55.0, Ray Data registers custom Arrow extension types (ray.data.arrow_tensor, ray.data.arrow_tensor_v2, ray.data.arrow_variable_shaped_tensor) globally in PyArrow. When PyArrow reads a Parquet file containing one of these extension types, it calls __arrow_ext_deserialize__ on the field's metadata bytes. Ray's implementation passes these bytes directly to cloudpickle.loads(), achieving arbitrary code execution during schema parsing, before any row data is read. This issue has been patched in version 2.55.0.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ray-project/ray/pull/62056
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/ray-project/ray/releases/tag/ray-2.55.0
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Product Release Notes
https://github.com/ray-project/ray/security/advisories/GHSA-mw35-8rx3-xf9r
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Vendor Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
37th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

anyscale