What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-55551?

CVE-2025-55551 has a contested CVSS base score of 7.5 from a third party (e.g. CISA-ADP), while the vendor rates it High. vuln.today uses the vendor rating as authoritative.

Which versions of AI / ML are affected by CVE-2025-55551?

Organizations using the component torch.linalg.lu of pytorch face notable risk from CVE-2025-55551, a resource exhaustion vulnerability rated CVSS 7.5.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-55551?

Within 30 days: Identify all affected systems running the component torch.linalg.lu of pytorch and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

AI / ML CVE-2025-55551

HIGH

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2025-09-25 cve@mitre.org

Denial Of Service Red Hat AI / ML Pytorch Linuxfoundation

High

Disputed · 7.5 NVD

Severity by source

Sources disagree (Low–High)

NVD PRIMARY

7.5 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Red Hat

2.5 LOW

qualitative

vuln.today treats the vendor’s rating as authoritative. A higher third-party CVSS (e.g. CISA-ADP) is shown for transparency but does not drive the headline severity.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:14 vuln.today

CVE Published

Sep 25, 2025 - 15:16 nvd

HIGH 7.5

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

57 pypi packages depend on torch (44 direct, 14 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 2.9.0.

DescriptionCVE.org

An issue in the component torch.linalg.lu of pytorch v2.8.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) when performing a slice operation.

AnalysisAI

An issue in the component torch.linalg.lu of pytorch v2.8.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) when performing a slice operation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. An issue in the component torch.linalg.lu of pytorch v2.8.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) when performing a slice operation. Affected products include: Linuxfoundation Pytorch.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.