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CVE-2023-7018: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in huggingface/transformers

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in GitHub repository huggingface/transformers prior to 4.36.

Affected products

• huggingface/transformers: before 4.36.0 — fixed in 4.36.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: huggingface/transformers 4.36.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/1d63b0ec361e7a38f1339385e8a5a855085532ce
• https://huntr.com/bounties/e1a3e548-e53a-48df-b708-9ee62140963c
• https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/1d63b0ec361e7a38f1339385e8a5a855085532ce
• https://huntr.com/bounties/e1a3e548-e53a-48df-b708-9ee62140963c

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