# CVE-2026-116608: DAMO Academy VideoLLaMA2 Model Loading __init__.py load_pretrained_model integrity check

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-27. Updated: 2026-11-02.

A security vulnerability has been detected in DAMO Academy VideoLLaMA2 up to 1.1. Affected by this issue is the function load_pretrained_model of the file videollama2/model/__init__.py of the component Model Loading. The manipulation of the argument _name_or_path leads to improper validation of integrity check value. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- DAMO Academy / VideoLLaMA2: 1.0 (affected); 1.1 (affected). Source: CNA: VulDB

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 5.3 (medium); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.1: 5.4 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.0: 5.4 (medium); CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 2.0: 6.4 (medium); AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.15% as of 2026-11-02; percentile 4.17%

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-354, CWE-345

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://github.com/DAMO-NLP-SG/VideoLLaMA2/issues/182 (CNA: VulDB)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426516 (CNA: VulDB; vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426516/cti (CNA: VulDB; signature, permissions-required)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116608 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1022955 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://github.com/DAMO-NLP-SG/VideoLLaMA2/issues/182 (CNA: VulDB; exploit, issue-tracking)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulDB: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116608; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-116608; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated Not reported

Revision: fc6c0a37d7cf3204b611c8ab96b4fffcce93b4cb0367cbbc6653ae212e64a304

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