Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-118614 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-118614 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-118614?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 28 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Ultralytics Ultralytics.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118614?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Restrict user interaction with the product and avoid opening files or visiting pages from untrusted sources when using Ultralytics.</anigation> </invoke> If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-118614 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-118614?
- Check whether you run Ultralytics. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
Restrict user interaction with the product and avoid opening files or visiting pages from untrusted sources when using Ultralytics.</anigation> </invoke>
Technical details
The check_det_dataset function fails to properly validate user-supplied strings before using them to execute Python code, enabling code injection attacks. This is a local attack vector requiring user interaction (visiting a malicious page or opening a malicious file). An attacker can execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
Affected products
- Ultralytics Ultralytics
Timeline
- 2026-06-18: disclosed
- 2026-10-28: advisory