CVE-2025-14921

HIGH

Huggingface Transformers - Insecure Deserialization

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Description

Hugging Face Transformers Transformer-XL Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Hugging Face Transformers. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of model files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-25424.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 50.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-502
Status published

Affected Products (1)

huggingface/transformers

Timeline

Published Dec 23, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026