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CVE-2025-3263

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in huggingface/transformers

Published: Jul 7, 2025Updated: Aug 7, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-1333
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 65.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability was discovered in the Hugging Face Transformers library, specifically in the `get_configuration_file()` function within the `transformers.configuration_utils` module. The affected version is 4.49.0, and the issue is resolved in version 4.51.0. The vulnerability arises from the use of a regular expression pattern `config\.(.*)\.json` that can be exploited to cause excessive CPU consumption through crafted input strings, leading to catastrophic backtracking. This can result in model serving disruption, resource exhaustion, and increased latency in applications using the library.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-1333

Affected Products

huggingface/transformershuggingface
LibraryLibrary
AI / ML / ml-framework
transformersPyPIOSS Libraries
transformershuggingface
LibraryLibrary
AI / ML / ml-framework
TransformersHugging Face, Inc.
Mixed
AI / ML / ml-framework
huggingfacecommercialAI / MLaka transformers, huggingface/transformers, smolagents
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
hugging face, inc.commercialAI / MLaka huggingface, transformers, smolagents

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://huntr.com/bounties/c7a69150-54f8-4e81-8094-791e7a2a0f29
huntr.com
https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/0720e206c6ba28887e4d60ef60a6a089f6c1cc76
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3263
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Jul 7, 2025
Last Updated
Aug 7, 2025

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