What is CVE-2023-7018?

CVE-2023-7018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huggingface Huggingface/transformers, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-7018?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Deserialization in Huggingface Huggingface/transformers

CVE-2023-7018

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in GitHub repository huggingface/transformers prior to 4.36.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published 2023-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huggingface Huggingface/transformers — versions unspecified
Huggingface Transformers

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

huntr.com/bounties/e1a3e548-e53a-48df-b708-9ee62140963c (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/1d63b0ec361e7a38f1339385e8a5a8550855… (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-7018?: CVE-2023-7018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huggingface Huggingface/transformers, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-7018?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.