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The Hidden Risks of Downloading and Running Open-Source LLMs Locally: Model Formats, Supply-Chain Attacks, and EDR Blind Spots

A Barhum.ai report maps the security attack surface of running open-source LLMs locally, arguing model files are executable artifacts: Python pickle formats (.pt/.pth/.bin) permit arbitrary code execution by design, PickleScan has been bypassed by zero-day vulnerabilities, and inference engines like Ollama have accumulated multiple critical CVEs. It notes CVE-2025-32434 (CVSS 9.3) showed torch.load() with weights_only=True was still exploitable, and highlights that EDR tools are architecturally blind to model-layer threats. Details →
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