CVE-2023-2800 Insecure Temporary File in huggingface/transformers
Attackers can exploit insecure temporary file handling to read or modify sensitive data in the Hugging Face Transformers library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-2800?
CVE-2023-2800 is a medium-severity vulnerability in huggingface/transformers, published on 18 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insecure Temporary File in GitHub repository huggingface/transformers prior to 4.30.0.
Weakness: CWE-377
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2800?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including transformers. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
transformers PyPI | All versions | 4.30.0 |
transformers PyPI | All versions | 4.30.0 |
transformers PyPI | All versions | 4.30.0 |
Products include Huggingface Transformers.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2800?
Upgrade transformers to 4.30.0 or later.
Is CVE-2023-2800 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2800 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in huggingface/transformers
- CVE-2023-7018 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in huggingface/transformers
- CVE-2023-6730 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in huggingface/transformers
- CVE-2024-11393 Hugging Face Transformers MaskFormer Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-11394 Hugging Face Transformers Trax Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-5241 Policy Bypass in LightGlue Nested Config Resolution in huggingface/transformers
Sources
Also known as GHSA-282v-666c-3fvg, PYSEC-2023-299.