MEDIUM 6.8 NVD
CVE-2026-75104
Hugging Face Transformers fails to validate shard filenames in checkpoint index files, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files outside the model directory. A
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.
References
- https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
- https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/main/src/transformers/utils/hub.py
- https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/issues/47176
- https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/issues/47177
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugging-face-transformers-path-traversal-via-checkpoi
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8 was published on 2026-08-17 via NVD.
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