CVE-2024-3568 Arbitrary Code Execution via Deserialization in huggingface/transformers

2024-04-1017:07:55

CWE-502

@huntr_ai

www.cve.org

arbitrary code execution

deserialization

huggingface/transformers

tfpretrainedmodel

remote code execution

rce

pickle load

CVSS3

3.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

AI Score

5.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

9.0%

JSON

The huggingface/transformers library is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution through deserialization of untrusted data within the load_repo_checkpoint() function of the TFPreTrainedModel() class. Attackers can execute arbitrary code and commands by crafting a malicious serialized payload, exploiting the use of pickle.load() on data from potentially untrusted sources. This vulnerability allows for remote code execution (RCE) by deceiving victims into loading a seemingly harmless checkpoint during a normal training process, thereby enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code on the targeted machine.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "huggingface",
    "product": "huggingface/transformers",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThan": "4.38",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]