Datasets Symlink-following Arbitrary File Write via Extractor.extract()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Datasets through 5.00, fixed in commit ad2d853, contains a symlink-following vulnerability in Extractor.extract() that allows local attackers to write arbitrary files by pre-planting symlinks at predictable output paths. Attackers can redirect archive extraction to arbitrary filesystem locations in shared-cache environments, enabling overwrite of sensitive files and potential privilege escalation or code execution.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| huggingface | datasets | up to 5.00 | — | Patch available | CNA |
- datasets Vendorhuggingface Affected up to 5.00 Fixed in — Patch available CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit Intelligence | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Lightspeed Core | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat AI Inference Server | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-65010
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5cm7-hhj8-4m75
References
Exploit 1
Patch 2
More huggingface vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-48351 sentence-transformers Arbitrary Code Execution on Local Model Load Despite trust_remote_code=False CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-20914 LeRobot Unsafe Deserialization Remote Code Execution via gRPC CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-04577 Policy Bypass in LightGlue Nested Config Resolution in huggingface/transformers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2025-04589 Sandbox Escape Vulnerability in huggingface/smolagents CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-79938 Pickle deserialization in Hugging Face Datasets allows code execution CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-32710 Diffusers: None.py Trust Remote Code Bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-65010 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-65010 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5cm7-hhj8-4m75 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-65010 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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