What is CVE-2023-2800?

CVE-2023-2800 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huggingface Huggingface/transformers, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-2800?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huggingface Huggingface/transformers

CVE-2023-2800

Insecure Temporary File in GitHub repository huggingface/transformers prior to 4.30.0.

Published 2023-05-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huggingface Huggingface/transformers — versions unspecified
Huggingface Transformers

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-377 — Insecure Temporary File

References

huntr.dev/bounties/a3867b4e-6701-4418-8c20-3c6e7084a44a (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/80ca92470938bbcc348e2d9cf4734c7c25cb… (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2800?: CVE-2023-2800 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huggingface Huggingface/transformers, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-2800?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.