CVE-2026-44484

Critical · CVSS 9.8

PyTorch Lightning — Embedded Malicious Code / Credential Harvesting (Backdoor)

CVSS: 9.8; nvd
EPSS: —
KEV: No
Class: other; CWE-506, CWE-829

Description

PyTorch Lightning is a deep learning framework to pretrain and finetune AI models. Versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.2 have introduced functionality consistent with a credential harvesting mechanism.

Search profile — drives PoC discovery

Symbols pytorch_lightninglightning_aipytorch-lightningcredential harvestingGHSA-w37p-236h-pfx3

Keywords CVE-2026-44484PyTorch Lightningpytorch-lightningcredential harvestingbackdoormalicious codeCWE-506CWE-829Lightning-AI2.6.2GHSA-w37p-236h-pfx3

Versions: 2.6.2

References

https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning/security/advisories/GHSA-w37p-236h-pfx3
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44484
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477476
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44484.json

Status: enriched · ingested 2026-06-30T06:00:22.000Z · profiled 2026-07-01T12:30:14.000Z