PyTorch Lightning allows arbitrary code execution through checkpoint _instantiator hyperparameters

PyTorch Lightning through 2.6.5, fixed in commit d710d68, contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the loadstate function that imports and executes attacker-controlled module names from checkpoint instantiator hyperparameters. Attackers can craft malicious checkpoint files that bypass...

PoTS: Proof-Of-Training-Steps for Backdoor Detection in Large Language Models

As Large Language Models LLMs gain traction across critical domains, ensuring secure and trustworthy training processes has become a major concern. Backdoor attacks, where malicious actors inject hidden triggers into training data, are particularly insidious and difficult to detect. Existing...

Unlearning Isn'T Deletion: Investigating Reversibility of Machine Unlearning in LLMs

Unlearning in large language models LLMs is intended to remove the influence of specific data, yet current evaluations rely heavily on token-level metrics such as accuracy and perplexity. We show that these metrics can be misleading: models often appear to forget, but their original behavior can ...