CVE-2026-108857

Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference through 1.9.4 Cleartext API Key Logging

Published Oct 11, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference through 1.9.4 contains a cleartext logging vulnerability that exposes the configured api_key because the router's Args struct lacks a redact attribute for it. Attackers with access to router logs, container output, or OTLP telemetry can recover the Bearer token and call the protected embedding and rerank endpoints.

Remediation

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History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Huggingface
Huggingface text-embeddings-inference
Vendors & Products Huggingface
Huggingface text-embeddings-inference
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Description Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference through 1.9.4 contains a cleartext logging vulnerability that exposes the configured api_key because the router's Args struct lacks a redact attribute for it. Attackers with access to router logs, container output, or OTLP telemetry can recover the Bearer token and call the protected embedding and rerank endpoints.
Title Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference through 1.9.4 Cleartext API Key Logging
Weaknesses CWE-532
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 13, 2026, 4:59 PM
Reserved
Oct 11, 2026, 1:06 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 11, 2026, 2:17 PM
Modified
Oct 16, 2026, 5:25 PM