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AVID-2026-R1338

Description

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

Details

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

Reason for inclusion in AVID: CVE-2023-7018 describes a deserialization vulnerability in the huggingface/transformers library (pre-4.36). This is a security flaw in a widely used AI software library that is integral to model development, deployment, and inference pipelines. It directly concerns software used to build and run general-purpose AI systems, and if exploited could lead to RCE or data integrity issues. Therefore it is a relevant software supply-chain vulnerability for AI systems.

References

Affected or Relevant Artifacts

  • Developer: huggingface
  • Deployer: huggingface
  • Artifact Details:
TypeName
Systemhuggingface/transformers

Impact

AVID Taxonomy Categorization

  • Risk domains: Security
  • SEP subcategories: S0100: Software Vulnerability
  • Lifecycle stages: L06: Deployment

CVSS

Version3.0
Vector StringCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score9.6
Base Severity🔴 Critical
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack Complexity🟢 Low
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact🔴 High
Integrity Impact🔴 High
Availability Impact🔴 High

CWE

IDDescription
CWE-502CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Other information

  • Report Type: Advisory
  • Credits:
  • Date Reported: 2023-12-20
  • Version: 0.3.3
  • AVID Entry