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CVE-2026-1839

7.8 high SSVC exploitation: poc Analyzed

A vulnerability in the HuggingFace Transformers library, specifically in the `Trainer` class, allows for arbitrary code execution. The `_load_rng_state()` method in `src/transformers/trainer.py` at line 3059 calls `torch.load()` without the `weights_only=True` parameter. This issue affects all versions of the library supporting `torch>=2.2` when used with PyTorch versions below 2.6, as the `safe_globals()` context manager provides no protection in these versions. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malicious checkpoint file, such as `rng_state.pth`, which can execute arbitrary code when loaded. The issue is resolved in version v5.0.0rc3.

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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1

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Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.8 · huggingfaceNVD modified 2026-10-26 22:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 4

  • cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:5.0.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:5.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:5.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 3