SB2026110237 - IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge update for Hugging Face Transformers



SB2026110237 - IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge update for Hugging Face Transformers

Published: November 2, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026110237
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-75104)

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a local user to read arbitrary files outside the model directory.

The vulnerability exists due to Hugging Face Transformers fails to validate shard filenames in checkpoint index files. A local user can supply malicious index files with parent-directory references or absolute paths that are joined without validation, enabling file disclosure and filesystem reconnaissance.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.