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TI-2025-04663 Aliases CVE-2025-5197GHSA-9356-575x-2w9m

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in huggingface/transformers

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-1333Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-1333.

Summary

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the Hugging Face Transformers library, specifically in the `convert_tf_weight_name_to_pt_weight_name()` function. This function, responsible for converting TensorFlow weight names to PyTorch format, uses a regex pattern `/[^/]*___([^/]*)/` that can be exploited to cause excessive CPU consumption through crafted input strings due to catastrophic backtracking. The vulnerability affects versions up to 4.51.3 and is fixed in version 4.53.0. This issue can lead to service disruption, resource exhaustion, and potential API service vulnerabilities, impacting model conversion processes between TensorFlow and PyTorch formats.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0045 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial huggingface/transformers (huggingface): 4.53.0transformers (PyPI): 4.53.0Red Hat: 5 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
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 4.53.04.53.0Patch availableCNA
—transformers (PyPI)before 4.53.04.53.0Patch availableGHSA-9356-575x-2w9m
  • huggingface/transformers Vendorhuggingface Affected before 4.53.0 Fixed in 4.53.0 Patch available CNA
  • transformers (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.53.0 Fixed in 4.53.0 Patch available GHSA-9356-575x-2w9m

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.53.0Vulnerablehuggingface
  • cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.53.0 Vulnerable ·huggingface

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA huggingface/transformers (huggingface) Fixed in 4.53.0
  • Fix · GHSA-9356-575x-2w9m transformers (PyPI) Fixed in 4.53.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenShift LightspeedAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat AI Inference ServerAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat AI Inference Server

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5197
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9356-575x-2w9m

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • 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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