Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-34447

Path Traversal in Linuxfoundation Onnx ≤ 1.21.0

Public PoCPath Traversal
Published
01 April 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0025 16th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-34447 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Linuxfoundation Onnx. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked at the 16th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Machine Learning Libraries; in the Privacy and Disclosure risk domain.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) is an open standard for machine learning interoperability. Prior to version 1.21.0, there is a symlink traversal vulnerability in external data loading allows reading files outside the model directory. This issue has been patched in…

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version 1.21.0.

CWE(s)

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Machine Learning Libraries
Risk Domain
Privacy and Disclosure
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Matched keywords: machine learning, neural network, onnx

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
Why these techniques?

Symlink/path traversal in external data loading directly enables arbitrary local file reads outside the model directory.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

linuxfoundation
onnx
≤ 1.21.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 2 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.3.2
  • V5.2.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Validates external data file paths during ONNX model loading to block traversal sequences and symlink targets outside the intended directory.

prevent

Enforces file-access policy so the ONNX loader may only open paths that resolve inside the model directory, directly stopping symlink traversal reads.

prevent

Restricts the ONNX process to the minimal set of directories and files, limiting the impact of any successful path traversal or symlink follow.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent introduction of symlink-following flaws in file-handling code.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification can discover existing symlink issues but does not prevent or remediate them in code.

PR.AA-05 partial match
prevents

Least-privilege access policies can limit damage from symlink attacks but do not address the coding flaw itself.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevent path traversal.

prevents

Application security requirements include rules for safe file handling and canonicalization.

prevents

Secure architecture principles require least-privilege file access and directory isolation.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path construction and mandate safe APIs.

mitigates

Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.

References