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fix: confine nnUNet postprocessing pickle loads to the results directory (GHSA-8f32) - #9113

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Addresses GHSA-8f32-8649-rv87 (nnUNetV2Runner unguarded pickle.load).

What

postprocessing_file and some_plans_file come from inference_information.json and are unpickled by batchgenerators without validation, so a tampered file redirects an arbitrary pickle load.

_confine_to_dir() now resolves both via os.path.realpath and requires them to stay inside the dataset results directory. A FutureWarning announces that MONAI_ALLOW_PICKLE becomes mandatory in 1.7 — the gate itself is deferred there to avoid a hard break in this patch release.

Why not torch.load(weights_only=True)

The file holds nnU-Net function references, not tensors — weights_only=True rejects it outright.

Test changes

  • test_postprocessing_pickle_warns_on_untrusted_file → now uses a real temp results dir, expects two warnings (trust + 1.7 FutureWarning)
  • New: test_postprocessing_file_outside_results_dir_is_rejected (absolute escape)
  • New: test_postprocessing_traversal_is_rejected (../ traversal)

Verification

  • Adversarial script: marker-file payloads for os.system, absolute path, .. traversal all confirmed blocked.
  • tests/apps/nnunet suite: 11/11 pass.
  • black / ruff / DCO clean.

This is the 1.6.1 "complete fix" for GHSA-8f32, replacing the warning-only PR #9086.

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The nnU-Net runner now confines configured postprocessing and plans files to the dataset results directory. It rejects external and traversal paths before pickle loading. It requires the nnunetv2 package and emits the MONAI 1.7 warning only when pickle access is disabled. Tests cover path validation, resolved paths, and warning order.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: High

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to c5e4a

The path confinement and pickle-warning changes address the reported security behavior. Remaining work is limited to documenting optional-dependency and environment-value contracts.

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In `@tests/apps/nnunet/test_nnunetv2_runner_command.py`:
- Line 255: Add a test covering an external or traversal some_plans_file while
postprocessing_file remains a valid path inside the results directory. Assert
that validation rejects the request before calling load_pickle or
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…ory (GHSA-8f32)

predict_ensemble_postprocessing loads the nnUNet best_model_or_ensemble
postprocessing_file with batchgenerators.load_pickle. That path is read
from inference_information.json, which a dataset creator controls, so a
crafted entry can point the pickle load at an attacker-chosen file -
arbitrary code execution (see
https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAI/security/advisories/GHSA-8f32-8649-rv87).

Replace the warn-and-execute behaviour of Project-MONAI#9086 with path confinement:
the postprocessing file must live inside the run's result directory
(target_dir_base), otherwise the load is refused with a ValueError.
The legitimate in-dir pickle - which is exactly what nnUNet writes -
still loads.

Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com>
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garciadias force-pushed the secfix/ghsa-8f32-nnunet-pickle branch from cc34981 to ef6865d Compare September 11, 2026 16:40
- tests/apps/nnunet/test_nnunetv2_runner_command.py: add regression test
  covering an external some_plans_file while postprocessing_file remains a
  valid path inside the results directory; assert validation rejects before
  load_pickle is called

Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com>

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Hi @garciadias I had minor comments here but looks good to me.

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The pyrefly issue should be sorted in a previous PR now.

garciadias and others added 2 commits September 15, 2026 14:48
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Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com>

# Conflicts:
#	monai/apps/nnunet/nnunetv2_runner.py
- Sharpen the _confine_to_dir ValueError wording per suggestion.
- Only emit the MONAI_ALLOW_PICKLE FutureWarning when the caller has not
  already opted in, matching MONAIEnvVars.allow_pickle() usage elsewhere.
- Update allow_pickle()'s docstring to mention its nnU-Net usage.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: R. Garcia-Dias <rafaelagd@gmail.com>

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monai/apps/nnunet/nnunetv2_runner.py (1)

75-75: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the constructor's optional-dependency failure.

@require_pkg wraps nnUNetV2Runner.__init__ and raises OptionalImportError when nnunetv2 is unavailable. Add a Google-style Raises section to the class docstring.

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In `@monai/apps/nnunet/nnunetv2_runner.py` at line 75, Add a Google-style Raises
section to the nnUNetV2Runner class docstring documenting that initialization
raises OptionalImportError when the optional nnunetv2 dependency is unavailable.
Keep the existing `@require_pkg` decorator and constructor behavior unchanged.
monai/utils/misc.py (1)

572-573: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document allow_pickle()'s contract.

allow_pickle() returns bool. Its str2bool() call can raise ValueError for an invalid MONAI_ALLOW_PICKLE value. Add Returns and Raises sections to this modified docstring. dicom_reader() is unchanged and does not require a documentation change here.

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In `@monai/utils/misc.py` around lines 572 - 573, Update the allow_pickle()
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and the ValueError raised by str2bool() when MONAI_ALLOW_PICKLE is invalid;
leave dicom_reader() unchanged.
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In `@monai/apps/nnunet/nnunetv2_runner.py`:
- Line 75: Add a Google-style Raises section to the nnUNetV2Runner class
docstring documenting that initialization raises OptionalImportError when the
optional nnunetv2 dependency is unavailable. Keep the existing `@require_pkg`
decorator and constructor behavior unchanged.

In `@monai/utils/misc.py`:
- Around line 572-573: Update the allow_pickle() docstring to add Returns and
Raises sections, documenting its bool return value and the ValueError raised by
str2bool() when MONAI_ALLOW_PICKLE is invalid; leave dicom_reader() unchanged.

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Looks good thanks!

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