CVE-2025-3263: Transformers's ReDoS vulnerability in get_configuration_file can lead to catastrophic backtracking
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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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2wp-rjmx-x6x9
- github.com/huggingface/transformers
- github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/0720e206c6ba28887e4d60ef60a6a089f6c1cc76
- github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/126abe3461762e5fc180e7e614391d1b4ab051ca
- huntr.com/bounties/c7a69150-54f8-4e81-8094-791e7a2a0f29
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3263
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