CVE-2026-75104 (GCVE-0-2026-75104)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-17 20:36 – Updated: 2026-08-18 12:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Hugging Face Transformers Path Traversal via Checkpoint Index
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-18 12:39 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/issue… | issue-tracking |
| https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/issue… | issue-tracking |
| https://github.com/huggingface/transformers | product |
| https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/… | technical-description |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugging-face… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| huggingface | transformers |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 5.15.0
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2026-07-08 00:00
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