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TI-2026-79938 Aliases CVE-2026-57845GHSA-9hc7-p88p-mwm8

Pickle deserialization in Hugging Face Datasets allows code execution

Priority HIGH 73CWE-502Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

Hugging Face Datasets through 5.1.0 contains insecure deserialization (CWE-502) in its deprecated pandas packaged builder. A crafted pickle file runs arbitrary Python code with the privileges of the victim process when the victim loads it with datasets.load_dataset using the pandas builder. A public exploit is linked in the references.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

Description from the CNA

Hugging Face Datasets through 5.1.0 contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary Python code by crafting a malicious pickle file loaded through the deprecated pandas packaged builder. Attackers can supply a pickle-backed dataset that is processed by Pandas._generate_tables via pandas.read_pickle() without validation, so when a victim calls datasets.load_dataset("pandas", data_files=...), the embedded __reduce__ payload executes code with the victim process's privileges.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00547 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
huggingfacedatasetsup to 5.1.0—No fix listedCNA
  • datasets Vendorhuggingface Affected up to 5.1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for Hugging Face Datasets. Red Hat lists Exploit Intelligence, Lightspeed Core, Red Hat AI Inference Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 and Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) as affected, with no plan available.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Exploit IntelligenceAffectedNo fix yet
Lightspeed CoreAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat AI Inference ServerAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-23 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-57845
  2. 2026-10-23 Alias added: GHSA-9hc7-p88p-mwm8
  3. 2026-10-24 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-10-24 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  5. 2026-10-24 CVSS score added · Red Hat
  6. 2026-10-26 Title updated · CNA
  7. 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  8. 2026-10-29 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
  9. 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

  • 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-2026-32710 Diffusers: None.py Trust Remote Code Bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-00400 Unbounded External Image Fetch in Validation Leads to Resource-Exhaustion DoS in huggingface/text-generation-inference CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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