Ray is an AI compute engine. From version 2.54.0 to before version 2.55.0, Ray Data registers custom Arrow extension types (ray.data.arrow_tensor, ray.data.arrow_tensor_v2, ray.data.arrow_variable_shaped_tensor) globally in PyArrow. When PyArrow reads a Parquet file containing one of these extension types, it calls __arrow_ext_deserialize__ on the field's metadata bytes. Ray's implementation passes these bytes directly to cloudpickle.loads(), achieving arbitrary code execution during schema parsing, before any row data is read. This issue has been patched in version 2.55.0.
CVE-2026-41486
This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.5%, top 62% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 55(Track)EG Risk 55/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 38%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 8, 2026
Last Modified
May 18, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated May 9, 2026Remote Code Execution via Parquet Arrow Extension Type Deserialization · Advisory · ray-project/ray · GitHub
https://github.com/ray-project/ray/security/advisories/GHSA-mw35-8rx3-xf9rRelease Ray-2.55.0 · ray-project/ray · GitHub
https://github.com/ray-project/ray/releases/tag/ray-2.55.0[Data] Fix RCE in Arrow extension type deserialization from Parquet by goutamvenkat-anyscale · Pull Request #62056 · ray-project/ray · GitHub
https://github.com/ray-project/ray/pull/62056[Data] Fix RCE in Arrow extension type deserialization from Parquet (… · ray-project/ray@c02bd31 · GitHub
https://github.com/ray-project/ray/commit/c02bd31ae31996805868baa446a131a8d304525fWeakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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