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CVE-2024-11393: Deserialization vulnerability in Hugging Face Transformers

Transformers

Hugging Face Transformers has a deserialization vulnerability within MaskFormer model file parsing. The flaw allows remote code execution if a target opens a malicious file.

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CVSS
8.8
EPSS
0.03 · top 12% · 2026-11-13
EPSS scores by FIRST
fix status
Fix status unknown
first report
22 Nov 2024
last update
23 Nov 2024
CVE ids
CVE-2024-11393other records

Timeline · 2

  1. 22 Nov 2024CVE-2024-11393: Hugging Face Transformers MaskFormer Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
  2. 23 Nov 2024CVE-2024-11393: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Hugging Face Transformers

Sources · 2

Advisories and databases

  1. 2024-11-22
    CVE-2024-11393: Hugging Face Transformers MaskFormer Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
    NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11393
  2. 2024-11-23
    CVE-2024-11393: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Hugging Face Transformers
    GitHub Advisory Database · github.com/advisories/GHSA-wrfc-pvp9-mr9g

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Classification

lane
Patch now
AI role
Attack on AI
categories
Infrastructure vulnerability
severity
2 · Disclosed vulnerability
fix status
Fix status unknown
targets
Framework / tooling
owasp llm top 10
LLM03:2025 Supply Chain
mitre atlas
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tags
deserializationrce
dates
happened 23 Nov 2024 · first reported 22 Nov 2024
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confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 07:00Z · updated 2026-10-18 10:04Z

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# CVE-2024-11393: Deserialization vulnerability in Hugging Face Transformers

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/cve-2024-11393-deserialization-vulnerability-in-hugging-face · AIR-2024-0203 · closed 2024-11-22

- Lane: Patch now
- Severity: 2 (Disclosed vulnerability)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2024-11-22 (happened 2024-11-23)
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: Transformers
- CVE ids: CVE-2024-11393
- CVSS: 8.8

## Summary

Hugging Face Transformers has a deserialization vulnerability within MaskFormer model file parsing. The flaw allows remote code execution if a target opens a malicious file.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2024-11-23: CVE-2024-11393: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Hugging Face Transformers (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wrfc-pvp9-mr9g)
- 2024-11-22: CVE-2024-11393: Hugging Face Transformers MaskFormer Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11393)

## Sources

- 2024-11-22 NVD: CVE-2024-11393: Hugging Face Transformers MaskFormer Model Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11393
- 2024-11-23 GitHub Advisory Database: CVE-2024-11393: Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Hugging Face Transformers https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wrfc-pvp9-mr9g

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