# CVE-2026-69112: Hugging Face Accelerate 1.14.0 Path Traversal and DoS via weight_map

> Attackers can read arbitrary files or cause denial of service via malicious weight_map entries in Hugging Face Accelerate checkpoints.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 11 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4j2p-28q2-5m79, MINI-268g-vppr-jx4p, MINI-h5xm-qf2v-w5vr, MINI-xqf7-rx84-57rr, PYSEC-2026-3804

## What is CVE-2026-69112?

CVE-2026-69112 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in huggingface accelerate, published on 10 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Hugging Face Accelerate through 1.14.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in load_checkpoint_in_model and load_checkpoint_and_dispatch functions that fail to sanitize weight_map entries from sharded checkpoint indexes. Attackers can supply relative paths with ../ sequences or absolute paths to read arbitrary files, or point shard entries at named pipes to cause indefinite blocking and denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-69112?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including accelerate.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `accelerate` | PyPI | All versions to 1.14.0 | None |
| `accelerate` | PyPI | All versions to 1.14.0 | None |
| `accelerate` | PyPI | All versions to 1.14.0 | None |

## How do I fix CVE-2026-69112?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2026-69112 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-69112 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-69112 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-69112 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in huggingface accelerate, published on 10 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-69112 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- accelerate (PyPI): affected all versions up to 1.14.0; no fix listed
- accelerate (PyPI): affected all versions up to 1.14.0; no fix listed
- accelerate (PyPI): affected all versions up to 1.14.0; no fix listed

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-2026-69112/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-69112/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-69112
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69112
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69112

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-69112/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.