Code execution in Hugging Face LeRobot via unsafe class instantiation
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- No fix listed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Hugging Face LeRobot versions from 0.4.0 through 0.6.1 are affected. Loading a policy's processor configuration from a repository resolves and instantiates Python classes named in the JSON class field. A user who loads a policy from a malicious repository can run arbitrary code chosen by the attacker through from_pretrained().
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
The LeRobot library is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via unsafe dynamic class instantiation in the from_pretrained() method and related paths. When loading a policy's processor configuration from a repository, the library uses the class field within the JSON configuration to dynamically resolve and instantiate Python classes using importlib.import_module() and getattr().
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| huggingface | LeRobot | 0.4.0 – 0.6.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- LeRobot Vendorhuggingface Affected 0.4.0 – 0.6.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for LeRobot.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-26 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115533
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-25pw-xj75-472h
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
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-2026-115533 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-115533 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-25pw-xj75-472h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-115533 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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