# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 May 2023
- **Updated:** 21 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-282v-666c-3fvg, PYSEC-2023-299

## 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 (DEPRECATED: Insecure Temporary File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2800?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including transformers. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | 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: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7018/): Deserialization of Untrusted Data in huggingface/transformers (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-6730](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6730/): Deserialization of Untrusted Data in huggingface/transformers (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-11393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11393/): Hugging Face Transformers MaskFormer Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-11394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11394/): Hugging Face Transformers Trax Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-5241](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5241/): Policy Bypass in LightGlue Nested Config Resolution in huggingface/transformers (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2800 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2800 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- transformers (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 4.30.0
- transformers (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 4.30.0
- transformers (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 4.30.0

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2800/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2800/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2800
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2800
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2800

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