Bug 2526799 (CVE-2026-80047) - CVE-2026-80047 transformers: Hugging Face Transformers: Unauthorized file write via GenerativePreTrainedModel.load_custom_generate()
Summary: CVE-2026-80047 transformers: Hugging Face Transformers: Unauthorized file wri...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-80047
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-01 14:00 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-04 06:31 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-01 14:00:59 UTC
A vulnerability in Hugging Face Transformers (versions 4.49.0, <= 5.8.1) allows remote Python files to be written to local disk without user consent when using GenerativePreTrainedModel.load_custom_generate(). The function fetches and caches a remote module file before performing the required trust_remote_code consent check, inverting the security model enforced by other code-loading paths (such as AutoConfig, AutoModel, and AutoTokenizer). As a result, attacker‑controlled Python code from custom_generate/generate.py is copied into the user’s ~/.cache/huggingface/modules directory even if the user declines the trust prompt. Although execution is correctly gated, the file write is not reversible and can persist across sessions. This can lead to persistent, unauthorized files on disk and stale cache collisions where cached attacker code may later be executed during trusted model loads. The issue stems from an unconditional file write in dynamic_module_utils.py prior to any trust verification.


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