# CVE-2026-75104: Hugging Face Transformers Path Traversal via Checkpoint Index

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-17 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- huggingface transformers: through 5.15.0

## Description

Hugging Face Transformers fails to validate shard filenames in checkpoint index files, allowing attackers to read arbitrary files outside the model directory. Attackers can supply malicious index files with parent-directory references or absolute paths that are joined without validation, enabling file disclosure and filesystem reconnaissance.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on huggingface transformers, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/issues/47176
- https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/issues/47177
- https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
- https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/main/src/transformers/utils/hub.py
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugging-face-transformers-path-traversal-via-checkpoint-index

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