---
id: 1602
title: "Assessing the security posture of a widely used vision model: YOLOv7"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/11/15/assessing-the-security-posture-of-a-widely-used-vision-model-yolov7/"
published_at: "2023-11-15T15:15:05Z"
tags: ["rce", "open-source", "denial-of-service", "deserialization", "vulnerability", "machine-learning", "computer-vision", "trail-of-bits", "model-security", "yolov7"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1602"
lang: en
---

# Assessing the security posture of a widely used vision model: YOLOv7

## Summary

Trail of Bits found 11 vulnerabilities in YOLOv7, including YAML parsing that enables remote code execution, denial of service, and model differentials, deeming it unfit for mission-critical use.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2023-11-15T15:15:05Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/11/15/assessing-the-security-posture-of-a-widely-used-vision-model-yolov7/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1602