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High · 8.0 CVE-2026-5241 EUVD-2026-34084GHSA-fgcw-684q-jj6rPYSEC-2026-2290

Policy Bypass in LightGlue Nested Config Resolution in huggingface/transformers

Published Jun 3, 2026 · Updated Sep 1, 2026 · Assigned by @huntr_ai

Description

A vulnerability in the LightGlue model loading path of huggingface/transformers version 5.2.0 allows an attacker-controlled model repository to execute arbitrary code during model initialization. The issue arises because the `trust_remote_code` parameter, intended to prevent remote code execution, is overridden by untrusted serialized configuration data in a nested code path. Specifically, when loading a LightGlue model using `AutoModel.from_pretrained()` with `trust_remote_code=False`, the `LightGlueConfig` reads the `trust_remote_code` value from the untrusted `config.json` file and propagates it into nested `AutoConfig.from_pretrained()` calls. This results in the execution of attacker-provided Python modules, even when the victim explicitly disables remote code execution. The vulnerability poses a high risk for environments such as API inference servers, research notebooks, CI/CD pipelines, and model evaluation workers, potentially leading to credential theft, lateral movement, or persistence/backdoor deployment.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
huggingface huggingface/transformers unspecified – < 5.5.0 5.5.0

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI transformers < 5.5.0 5.5.0 GHSA-fgcw-684q-jj6r
PyPI transformers <= 5.2.0 — PYSEC-2026-2290

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