CVE-2026-44512: ONNX: Null Pointer Dereference in Upsample Version Converter Adapter (Zero Inputs)

Summary

Null pointer dereference (SIGSEGV) in Upsample67::adaptupsample67() (onnx/versionconverter/adapters/upsample67.h:31) when convertversion() processes a model with an Upsample node that has zero inputs. The adapter accesses node->inputs()[0]->sizes() without checking input count. 107-byte PoC crashes on Release build.

This is the same class of bug as the Cast adapter advisory (separate report) but in a different adapter, different file, and different operator.

Details

The Upsample 6→7 adapter validates attributes but not inputs: cpp // upsample67.h:20-33 void adaptupsample67(..., Node node) const { ONNXASSERTM( node->hasAttribute(widthscalesymbol) && node->hasAttribute(heightscalesymbol), "...") // Attribute check PASSES

auto widthscale = node->f(widthscalesymbol); auto heightscale = node->f(heightscalesymbol);

auto inputshape = node->inputs()[0]->sizes(); // ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ // OOB when inputs().size() == 0 → SIGSEGV }

The PoC has an Upsample node at opset 6 with the required widthscale and heightscale attributes but zero inputs. The attribute assertions pass, then node->inputs()[0] on an empty ArrayRef: - Release builds (NDEBUG): bounds-check assertion compiled out → reads garbage pointer → SIGSEGV - Debug builds: assert(Index < Length) at arrayref.h:159 → SIGABRT

An Upsample node with zero inputs passes graphProtoToGraph() because the import code only resolves input names present in the protobuf.

PoC python import base64 import onnx from onnx import versionconverter

pocb64 = "CAI6YQo8EgFZIghVcHNhbXBsZSoVCgt3aWR0aF9zY2FsZRUAAABAoAEBKhYKDGhlaWdodF9zY2FsZRUAAABAoAEBEgR0ZXN0YhsKAVkSFgoUCAESEAoCCAEKAggBCgIIBAoCCARCBAoAEAY="

model = onnx.loadfromstring(base64.b64decode(pocb64))

CRASHES — Upsample67 adapter dereferences empty inputs array versionconverter.convertversion(model, 7) # SIGSEGV

107-byte PoC. Confirmed SIGSEGV on both onnx 1.21.0 (pip) and 1.22.0 (source build).

Impact

Any application that uses onnx.versionconverter.convertversion() on untrusted models is vulnerable. This includes model conversion pipelines and tools that auto-upgrade opset versions for compatibility. The crash is unrecoverable (SIGSEGV).

This vulnerability is part of a systemic pattern across multiple version converter adapters. A full audit of all ~45 adapters was performed as part of the fix; eight adapters were found with the same class of unguarded indexed access (cast98, softmax1213, softmax1312, upsample67, upsample910, groupnormalization2021, broadcastforwardcompatibility, upsample98) and all have been fixed in PR #7813.