axolotl-ai-cloud Axolotl up to 0.18.0 Multipack Patch Path AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained trust_remote_code access control

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in axolotl-ai-cloud Axolotl up to 0.18.0. Impacted is the function AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained of the component Multipack Patch Path. Executing a manipulation of the argument trust_remote_code can lead to access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-86169. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in axolotl-ai-cloud Axolotl up to 0.18.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained of the component Multipack Patch Path. The manipulation of the argument trust_remote_code with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Axolotl through 0.18.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the multipack patch path where trust_remote_code defaults to None instead of False, causing the security guard to be bypassed. Attackers can execute arbitrary Python code by crafting a malicious Hugging Face model repository selected as base_model, which is loaded with hardcoded trust_remote_code=True during AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-86169 since 09/05/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/05/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Cloud Software

Vendor

• axolotl-ai-cloud

Name

• Axolotl

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18.0

Website

• Product: https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/

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