CVE-2026-75104: Hugging Face Transformers Path Traversal via Checkpoint Index
Medium · CVSS 5.5 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.29%, 21th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: VulnCheck
Description
Hugging Face Transformers fails to validate shard filenames in checkpoint index files, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files outside the model directory. Attackers can supply malicious index files with parent-directory references or absolute paths that are joined without validation, enabling file disclosure and filesystem reconnaissance.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N · CWE-22
Tracked companies
Mapped from the CVE’s affected-product data, NVD CPE matches, vendor advisories or package feeds. A mapping means the vendor’s software is named, not that its hosted service was exposed.
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
huggingface: transformers
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- github.com/huggingface/transformers (opens in new tab)
- github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/main/src/transformers/utils/hub.py (opens in new tab)
- github.com/huggingface/transformers/issues/47176 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/huggingface/transformers/issues/47177 (opens in new tab)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugging-face-transformers-path-traversal-via-checkpoint-in… (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)