MONAI before 1.6.0 Remote Code Execution via NumpyReader

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    "cveId": "CVE-2026-100845",
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    "assignerShortName": "VulnCheck",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-09-27T01:28:40.337Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-09-27T00:18:40.971Z",
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      "datePublic": "2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z",
      "title": "MONAI before 1.6.0 Remote Code Execution via NumpyReader",
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          "value": "MONAI before 1.6.0 contains an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in the NumpyReader class that unconditionally uses numpy.load with allow_pickle=True when loading .npy and .npz files. Attackers can craft malicious .npy files with pickle payloads that execute arbitrary code when loaded through MONAI's standard data pipeline."
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          "url": "https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAI/security/advisories/GHSA-wg9g-w2j2-8pgr",
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