CVE-2025-2099

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

Published May 19, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in the `preprocess_string()` function of the `transformers.testing_utils` module in huggingface/transformers version v4.48.3 allows for a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack. The regular expression used to process code blocks in docstrings contains nested quantifiers, leading to exponential backtracking when processing input with a large number of newline characters. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted payload, causing high CPU usage and potential application downtime, effectively resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) scenario.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-15691 Hugging Face Transformers Regular Expression Denial of Service
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qq3j-4f4f-9583 Hugging Face Transformers Regular Expression Denial of Service
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Huggingface
Huggingface transformers
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Huggingface
Huggingface transformers
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability in the `preprocess_string()` function of the `transformers.testing_utils` module in huggingface/transformers version v4.48.3 allows for a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack. The regular expression used to process code blocks in docstrings contains nested quantifiers, leading to exponential backtracking when processing input with a large number of newline characters. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted payload, causing high CPU usage and potential application downtime, effectively resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) scenario.
Title Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in huggingface/transformers
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
@huntr_ai
Published
Updated
May 19, 2025, 1:45 PM
Reserved
Mar 7, 2025, 5:39 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 19, 2025, 12:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:06 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 19, 2025, 11:22 AM