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TI-2024-03327 Aliases CVE-2024-3568GHSA-37q5-v5qm-c9v8

Arbitrary Code Execution via Deserialization in huggingface/transformers

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-502Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

The huggingface/transformers library is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution through deserialization of untrusted data within the `load_repo_checkpoint()` function of the `TFPreTrainedModel()` class. Attackers can execute arbitrary code and commands by crafting a malicious serialized payload, exploiting the use of `pickle.load()` on data from potentially untrusted sources. This vulnerability allows for remote code execution (RCE) by deceiving victims into loading a seemingly harmless checkpoint during a normal training process, thereby enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code on the targeted machine.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02084 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed huggingface/transformers (huggingface): 4.38transformers (PyPI): 4.38.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
huggingfacehuggingface/transformersbefore 4.384.38Patch availableCNA
—transformers (PyPI)before 4.38.04.38.0Patch availableGHSA-37q5-v5qm-c9v8
  • huggingface/transformers Vendorhuggingface Affected before 4.38 Fixed in 4.38 Patch available CNA
  • transformers (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.38.0 Fixed in 4.38.0 Patch available GHSA-37q5-v5qm-c9v8

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.38.0Vulnerablehuggingface
  • cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.38.0 Vulnerable ·huggingface

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA huggingface/transformers (huggingface) Fixed in 4.38
  • Fix · GHSA-37q5-v5qm-c9v8 transformers (PyPI) Fixed in 4.38.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-3568
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-37q5-v5qm-c9v8

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2026-04577 Policy Bypass in LightGlue Nested Config Resolution in huggingface/transformers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2025-06294 Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in huggingface/transformers CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-06027 Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in huggingface/transformers CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-02858 Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in huggingface/transformers CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-01837 Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in huggingface/transformers CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-11793 Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in huggingface/transformers CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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