Remote code execution in huggingface transformers

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU95805

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3568

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation within the load_repo_checkpoint() function of the TFPreTrainedModel() class. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

transformers: 0.1.2 - 4.37.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://huntr.com/bounties/b3c36992-5264-4d7f-9906-a996efafba8f
http://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/693667b8ac8138b83f8adb6522ddaf42fa07c125

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.