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CVE-2026-108857: Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference through 1.9.4 Cleartext API Key Logging

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-11 · updated 2026-10-16
• Weakness: CWE-532

Description

Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference through 1.9.4 contains a cleartext logging vulnerability that exposes the configured api_key because the router's Args struct lacks a redact attribute for it. Attackers with access to router logs, container output, or OTLP telemetry can recover the Bearer token and call the protected embedding and rerank endpoints.

Affected products

• Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference: through 1.9.4

References

• https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-inference
• https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-inference/blob/e80ef225ed0e6cb1717ce632a6a84b6cf211bb67/router/src/main.rs#L170-L174
• https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-inference/blob/e80ef225ed0e6cb1717ce632a6a84b6cf211bb67/router/src/main.rs#L204-L216
• https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/huggingface-text-embeddings-inference-api-key-startup-log
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugging-face-text-embeddings-inference-through-1.9.4-cleartext-api-key-logging

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