GHSA-69w3-r845-3855MediumCVSS 6.5

HuggingFace Transformers allows for arbitrary code execution in the `Trainer` class

Published
April 7, 2026
Last Modified
April 8, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

A vulnerability in the HuggingFace Transformers library, specifically in the Trainer class, allows for arbitrary code execution. The _load_rng_state() method in src/transformers/trainer.py at line 3059 calls torch.load() without the weights_only=True parameter. This issue affects all versions of the library supporting torch>=2.2 when used with PyTorch versions below 2.6, as the safe_globals() context manager provides no protection in these versions. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malicious checkpoint file, such as rng_state.pth, which can execute arbitrary code when loaded. The issue is resolved in version v5.0.0rc3.

🎯 Affected products1

  • pip/transformers:< 5.0.0rc3

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