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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.6

CVE-2023-7018 json

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in huggingface/transformers

published 2023-12-20 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-v68g-wm8c-6x7j , PYSEC-2023-301 , EUVD-2023-0301

cvss
9.6
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in GitHub repository huggingface/transformers prior to 4.36.

Patch / fix

  • pypi transformers 4.36.0
  • huggingface huggingface/transformers 4.36

Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • huntr.com https://huntr.com/bounties/e1a3e548-e53a-48df-b708-9ee62140963c referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 9.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi transformers
<4.36.0
4.36.0

Affected products

  • huggingface huggingface/transformers

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.