Deserialization of Untrusted Data in transformers - CVE-2023-6730

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in transformers - CVE-2023-6730

Published: August 13, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95804
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6730
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: huggingface
Affected software:
transformers

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when fetching RagRetriever models. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted config file to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-6730

Install updates from vendor's website.

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