CVE-2026-76850: LMDeploy unsafe pickle deserialization in disaggregated serving

CVE-2026-76850 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Published 2026-08-19

LMDeploy is a toolkit for deploying and serving large language models. When disaggregated serving mode is enabled, the application deserializes peer messages using Python's pickle module without proper validation, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the engine server if the API is not protected with authentication keys.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-76850 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-76850 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-76850?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 19 August 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
InternLM LMDeploy.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-76850?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. 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-2026-76850 attacked?
It is attacked over the network.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-76850?
Check whether anything you run is named in the advisory. 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.

Technical details

LMDeploy's handle_zmq_recv coroutine in engine_conn.py uses recv_pyobj() to deserialize peer-to-peer cache-free requests with pickle.loads() before validating the message type. The ZMQ PULL socket endpoint address is controlled by the attacker via the remote_engine_endpoint_info.zmq_address parameter in the POST /distserve/p2p_initialize and /distserve/p2p_connect endpoints. These API endpoints lack authentication by default (api_keys defaults to None). An attacker can supply a malicious ZMQ endpoint, causing the engine to pull and deserialize crafted pickle payloads, achieving remote code execution. The vulnerability only affects deployments with disaggregated serving explicitly enabled.

Affected products

  • InternLM LMDeploy

Timeline

  • 2026-08-19: disclosed

References

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