CVE-2025-3262

HIGH

huggingface/transformers <4.49.0 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability was discovered in the huggingface/transformers repository, specifically in version 4.49.0. The vulnerability is due to inefficient regular expression complexity in the `SETTING_RE` variable within the `transformers/commands/chat.py` file. The regex contains repetition groups and non-optimized quantifiers, leading to exponential backtracking when processing 'almost matching' payloads. This can degrade application performance and potentially result in a denial-of-service (DoS) when handling specially crafted input strings. The issue is fixed in version 4.51.0.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-1333
Status published
Products (2)
huggingface/transformers < 4.51.0
pypi/transformers 4.49.0 - 4.51.0PyPI
Published Jul 07, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026