CVE-2026-31221: High severity pypi/pytorch-lightning vulnerability

PyTorch-Lightning versions 2.6.0 and earlier contain an insecure deserialization vulnerability (CWE-502) in the checkpoint loading mechanism. The LightningModule.loadfromcheckpoint() method, which is commonly used to load saved model states, internally calls torch.load() without setting the security-restrictive weightsonly=True parameter. This default behavior allows the deserialization of arbitrary Python objects via the Pickle module. A remote attacker can exploit this by providing a maliciously crafted checkpoint file, leading to arbitrary code execution on the victim's system when the file is loaded.