PYSEC-2025-40

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Import Source
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/transformers/PYSEC-2025-40.yaml
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/PYSEC-2025-40
Aliases
Published
2025-05-19T12:15:19Z
Modified
2025-05-21T19:57:02.841701Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

PyPI / transformers

Package

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.49.0

Affected versions

0.*

0.1

2.*

2.0.0
2.1.0
2.1.1
2.2.0
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.3.0
2.4.0
2.4.1
2.5.0
2.5.1
2.6.0
2.7.0
2.8.0
2.9.0
2.9.1
2.10.0
2.11.0

3.*

3.0.0
3.0.1
3.0.2
3.1.0
3.2.0
3.3.0
3.3.1
3.4.0
3.5.0
3.5.1

4.*

4.0.0rc1
4.0.0
4.0.1
4.1.0
4.1.1
4.2.0
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.3.0rc1
4.3.0
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
4.4.0
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.5.0
4.5.1
4.6.0
4.6.1
4.7.0
4.8.0
4.8.1
4.8.2
4.9.0
4.9.1
4.9.2
4.10.0
4.10.1
4.10.2
4.10.3
4.11.0
4.11.1
4.11.2
4.11.3
4.12.0
4.12.1
4.12.2
4.12.3
4.12.4
4.12.5
4.13.0
4.14.0
4.14.1
4.15.0
4.16.0
4.16.1
4.16.2
4.17.0
4.18.0
4.19.0
4.19.1
4.19.2
4.19.3
4.19.4
4.20.0
4.20.1
4.21.0
4.21.1
4.21.2
4.21.3
4.22.0
4.22.1
4.22.2
4.23.0
4.23.1
4.24.0
4.25.0
4.25.1
4.26.0
4.26.1
4.27.0
4.27.1
4.27.2
4.27.3
4.27.4
4.28.0
4.28.1
4.29.0
4.29.1
4.29.2
4.30.0
4.30.1
4.30.2
4.31.0
4.32.0
4.32.1
4.33.0
4.33.1
4.33.2
4.33.3
4.34.0
4.34.1
4.35.0
4.35.1
4.35.2
4.36.0
4.36.1
4.36.2
4.37.0
4.37.1
4.37.2
4.38.0
4.38.1
4.38.2
4.39.0
4.39.1
4.39.2
4.39.3
4.40.0
4.40.1
4.40.2
4.41.0
4.41.1
4.41.2
4.42.0
4.42.1
4.42.2
4.42.3
4.42.4
4.43.0
4.43.1
4.43.2
4.43.3
4.43.4
4.44.0
4.44.1
4.44.2
4.45.0
4.45.1
4.45.2
4.46.0
4.46.1
4.46.2
4.46.3
4.47.0
4.47.1
4.48.0
4.48.1
4.48.2
4.48.3