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CVE-2024-3568
published 2024-04-10

CVE-2024-3568: The huggingface/transformers library is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution through deserialization of untrusted data within the `load_repo_checkpoint()`…

PriorityP259critical9.6CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSCCHIHAH
EPSS
2.07%
79.0th percentile
The huggingface/transformers library is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution through deserialization of untrusted data within the `load_repo_checkpoint()` function of the `TFPreTrainedModel()` class. Attackers can execute arbitrary code and commands by crafting a malicious serialized payload, exploiting the use of `pickle.load()` on data from potentially untrusted sources. This vulnerability allows for remote code execution (RCE) by deceiving victims into loading a seemingly harmless checkpoint during a normal training process, thereby enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code on the targeted machine.

Affected

3 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
huggingfacehuggingface_transformers>= unspecified < 4.384.38
huggingfacetransformers< 4.38.04.38.0
huggingfacetransformers>= 0 < 4.38.04.38.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.6CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv3.03.4LOWCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
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