# CVE-2026-65010: Datasets Symlink-following Arbitrary File Write via Extractor.extract()

> CVE-2026-65010: Datasets Symlink-following Arbitrary File Write via Extractor.extract(). CVSS 6.6 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-65010
Last updated: 2026-10-24T13:10:00Z

- Published: 2026-07-23 17:55 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-24 13:10 UTC · Assigner: VulnCheck
- CVSS: 6.6 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.17%, 7th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-61

## Description

Datasets through 5.00, fixed in commit ad2d853, contains a symlink-following vulnerability in Extractor.extract() that allows local attackers to write arbitrary files by pre-planting symlinks at predictable output paths. Attackers can redirect archive extraction to arbitrary filesystem locations in shared-cache environments, enabling overwrite of sensitive files and potential privilege escalation or code execution.

## Affected vendors and products

- huggingface: datasets

## Tracked companies

- [Hugging Face](https://rewindex.com/company/hugging-face.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65010)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65010)
- [https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/commit/ad2d853ae2ce41d8068c23b44c2e29004312ccee](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/commit/ad2d853ae2ce41d8068c23b44c2e29004312ccee)
- [https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/8296](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/8296)
- [https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/8303](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/8303)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/datasets-symlink-following-arbitrary-file-write-via-extractor-extract](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/datasets-symlink-following-arbitrary-file-write-via-extractor-extract)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-65010 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-65010.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-65010 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:13:30.309Z