CVE-2024-3568 LOW

CVE-2024-3568: Arbitrary Code Execution via Deserialization in huggingface/transformers

Vendor Huggingface
Product huggingface/transformers
Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization
Published April 10, 2024
Last update August 1, 2024

CVSS base score

3.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The huggingface/transformers library is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution through deserialization of untrusted data within the `load_repo_checkpoint()` function of the `TFPreTrainedModel()` class. Attackers can execute arbitrary code and commands by crafting a malicious serialized payload, exploiting the use of `pickle.load()` on data from potentially untrusted sources. This vulnerability allows for remote code execution (RCE) by deceiving victims into loading a seemingly harmless checkpoint during a normal training process, thereby enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code on the targeted machine.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 10, 2024 CVE published
August 1, 2024 Record updated