CVE-2026-62239

MEDIUM6.6

FlashAttention Symlink Attack via tarfile.extractall in hopper/setup.py

Published Jul 13, 2026

Modified Yesterday

Details

FlashAttention through 2.8.3.post1, fixed in commit 0816ef1, contains a symlink attack vulnerability in the download_and_copy() function within hopper/setup.py that extracts NVIDIA toolchain archives without validating symlinks or filtering tar members. A local attacker can pre-plant a symlink in the predictable cache directory to redirect extracted binaries to an attacker-chosen location, enabling arbitrary file write with victim privileges during build time.

References

FIX

https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/commit/0816ef12f424c6ec94b057a72c275b14f6e6edb2

DETECTION

https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/issues/2637

FIX

https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/pull/2702

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-62239

ADVISORY

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flashattention-symlink-attack-via-tarfile-extractall-in-hopper-setup-py

CVSS Analysis