ShellCodeX vulnerability brief
MEDIUM
Received
CVE-2026-75104
Hugging Face Transformers fails to validate shard filenames in checkpoint index files, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files outside the model directory. Attackers can supply malicious index files with parent-directory references or absolute paths that are joined without validation, enabling file disclosure and filesystem reconnaissance.
Published 17 Aug 2026, 21:16 UTC
Last modified 17 Aug 2026, 21:16 UTC
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Attack profile
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Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Scope
Not assessed
Confidentiality
Not assessed
Integrity
Not assessed
Availability
Not assessed
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Affected products
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Weakness classification
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Source references
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NVD
National Vulnerability Database recordnvd.nist.gov
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