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CVE-2026-68770

sentence-transformers contains a security control bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by exploiting a logic flaw in the import_module_class helper within sentence_transformers/util/misc.py, where the guard condition includes an 'or os.path.exists(model_name_or_path)' clause that satisfies the trust gate whenever the supplied path exists on the local filesystem, regardless of the trust_remote_code=False argument. Attackers who can control or influence th
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:33cc8cec199e2212cba499f1a388890738b2982d762ad234167b90ee8c4a630f
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpac…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"sentence-transformers","vendor":"Hugging Face","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.5.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpac…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-94","description":"Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

6 source assertions
{"name":"Product Repository","tags":["product"],"url":"https://github.com/huggingface/sentence-transformers"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"Patch Commit","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/huggingface/sentence-transformers/commit/ae1acc3fb2aa2004577b297eb4a915ce7a03316a"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/huggingface/sentence-transformers/issues/3801"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"GitHub Issue","tags":["issue-tracking"],"url":"https://github.com/huggingface/sentence-transformers/issues/3801"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"Pull Request","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/huggingface/sentence-transformers/pull/3807"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sentence-transformers-arbitrary-code-execution-on-local-model-load-despite-trust-remote-code-false"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0cf8819108d0d6df19ba757f58f921a742edc4a831bacf9683723bb42ef76ea9 · sha256:195aba7e5df3e681… · /containers/cna/references/4

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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