Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in huggingface/transformers (huggingface huggingface/transformers)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.50 % · percentile 43 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- @huntr_ai
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability was discovered in the Hugging Face Transformers library, specifically within the DonutProcessor class's `token2json()` method. This vulnerability affects versions 4.50.3 and earlier, and is fixed in version 4.52.1. The issue arises from the regex pattern `<s_(.*?)>` which can be exploited to cause excessive CPU consumption through crafted input strings due to catastrophic backtracking. This vulnerability can lead to service disruption, resource exhaustion, and potential API service vulnerabilities, impacting document processing tasks using the Donut model.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-1333 — Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | @huntr_ai |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | NVD · security@huntr.dev (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-37mw-44qp-f5jm — Transformers is vulnerable to ReDoS attack through its DonutProcessor class
- PYSEC-2026-1977 — Transformers is vulnerable to ReDoS attack through its DonutProcessor class
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-21126
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-3933
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0556 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 4.52.1
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| huggingface · huggingface/transformers | affected unspecified < 4.52.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |