{"answers":{"affected":"3 open source packages ship an affected version, including transformers. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7018 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade transformers to 4.36.0 or later.","what":"CVE-2023-7018 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in huggingface/transformers, published on 20 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-7018 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-7018 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in huggingface/transformers, published on 20 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7018 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- transformers (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 4.36.0\n- transformers (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 4.36.0\n- transformers (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 4.36.0\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7018/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7018/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-7018","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7018/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-7018","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-v68g-wm8c-6x7j","PYSEC-2023-301"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Python ML library","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code by exploiting unsafe deserialization in the Hugging Face Transformers library.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"deserialization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"@huntr_ai","cpe":[{"product":"transformers","vendor":"huggingface"}],"cvss":{"score":9.6,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-502","name":"Deserialization of Untrusted Data"}],"description":"Deserialization of Untrusted Data in GitHub repository huggingface/transformers prior to 4.36.","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Deserialization of Untrusted Data in huggingface/transformers","id":"CVE-2023-7018","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":"deserialization","year":"2023"},"n_packages":3,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder \u003c= 2.6.8 - Missing Authorization","id":"CVE-2023-7019"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["4.36.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"transformers","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-v68g-wm8c-6x7j"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["4.36.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"transformers","purl":"pkg:pypi/transformers","source":"GHSA-v68g-wm8c-6x7j"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["4.36.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"transformers","purl":"pkg:pypi/transformers","source":"PYSEC-2023-301"}],"prev":{"headline":"CVE-2023-7017","id":"CVE-2023-7017"},"products":["huggingface/transformers"],"published":"2023-12-20","related":[{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Deserialization of Untrusted Data in huggingface/transformers","id":"CVE-2023-6730","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-19"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Hugging Face Transformers MaskFormer Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-11393","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-11-22"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Hugging Face Transformers Trax Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-11394","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-11-22"},{"cvss_score":8,"headline":"Policy Bypass in LightGlue Nested Config Resolution in huggingface/transformers","id":"CVE-2026-5241","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-06-03"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Arbitrary Remote Code Execution via `_attn_implementation_internal` Config Injection in huggingface/transformers","id":"CVE-2026-4372","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-24"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Hugging Face Transformers Perceiver Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-14920","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-12-23"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-02","vendors":["huggingface"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code by exploiting unsafe deserialization in the Hugging Face Transformers library.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7018/"}