CVE-2026-75104
Hugging Face Transformers Path Traversal via Checkpoint Index
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
Hugging Face Transformers fails to validate shard filenames in checkpoint index files, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files outside the model directory. Attackers can supply malicious index files with parent-directory references or absolute paths that are joined without validation, enabling file disclosure and filesystem reconnaissance.
| CWE | CWE-22 |
| Vendor | huggingface |
| Product | transformers |
| Published | Aug 17, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Affected Versions
huggingface / transformers
0 ≤ 5.15.0
References
github.com: https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/issues/47176 github.com: https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/issues/47177 github.com: https://github.com/huggingface/transformers github.com: https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/main/src/transformers/utils/hub.py vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugging-face-transformers-path-traversal-via-checkpoint-index
Credits
🔍 geo-chen