he huggingface/transformers library, versions prior to 4.53.0, is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in the AdamWeightDecay optimizer. The vulnerability arises from the _do_use_weight_decay method, which processes user-controlled regular expressions in the include_in_weight_decay and exclude_from_weight_decay lists. Malicious regular expressions can cause catastrophic backtracking during the re.search call, leading to 100% CPU utilization and a denial of service. This issue can be exploited by attackers who can control the patterns in these lists, potentially causing the machine learning task to hang and rendering services unresponsive.
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/47c34fba5c303576560cb29767efb452ff12b8be | Patch |
| https://huntr.com/bounties/287d15a7-6e7c-45d2-8c05-11e305776f1f | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
10 Oct 2025, 21:31
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Huggingface
Huggingface transformers |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5 |
| References | () https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/47c34fba5c303576560cb29767efb452ff12b8be - Patch | |
| References | () https://huntr.com/bounties/287d15a7-6e7c-45d2-8c05-11e305776f1f - Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
24 Sep 2025, 18:11
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| New CVE |
Published : 2025-09-23 14:15
Updated : 2025-10-10 21:31
NVD link : CVE-2025-6921
Mitre link : CVE-2025-6921
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-6921
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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption