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Vulnerability details: VCID-6p4h-2f1g-9qh2
Vulnerability ID VCID-6p4h-2f1g-9qh2
Aliases CVE-2025-3263
GHSA-q2wp-rjmx-x6x9
Summary Transformers's ReDoS vulnerability in get_configuration_file can lead to catastrophic backtracking A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability was discovered in the Hugging Face Transformers library, specifically in the `get_configuration_file()` function within the `transformers.configuration_utils` module. The affected version is 4.49.0, and the issue is resolved in version 4.51.0. The vulnerability arises from the use of a regular expression pattern `config\.(.*)\.json` that can be exploited to cause excessive CPU consumption through crafted input strings, leading to catastrophic backtracking. This can result in model serving disruption, resource exhaustion, and increased latency in applications using the library.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-3263.json
epss 0.00096 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-3263
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
cvssv3 5.3 https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/0720e206c6ba28887e4d60ef60a6a089f6c1cc76
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/0720e206c6ba28887e4d60ef60a6a089f6c1cc76
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/0720e206c6ba28887e4d60ef60a6a089f6c1cc76
ssvc Track https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/0720e206c6ba28887e4d60ef60a6a089f6c1cc76
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/126abe3461762e5fc180e7e614391d1b4ab051ca
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/126abe3461762e5fc180e7e614391d1b4ab051ca
cvssv3 5.3 https://huntr.com/bounties/c7a69150-54f8-4e81-8094-791e7a2a0f29
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://huntr.com/bounties/c7a69150-54f8-4e81-8094-791e7a2a0f29
generic_textual MODERATE https://huntr.com/bounties/c7a69150-54f8-4e81-8094-791e7a2a0f29
ssvc Track https://huntr.com/bounties/c7a69150-54f8-4e81-8094-791e7a2a0f29
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3263
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3263
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-3263.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-3263
https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/0720e206c6ba28887e4d60ef60a6a089f6c1cc76
https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/126abe3461762e5fc180e7e614391d1b4ab051ca
https://huntr.com/bounties/c7a69150-54f8-4e81-8094-791e7a2a0f29
2376773 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376773
CVE-2025-3263 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3263
GHSA-q2wp-rjmx-x6x9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2wp-rjmx-x6x9
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-3263.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/0720e206c6ba28887e4d60ef60a6a089f6c1cc76
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/0720e206c6ba28887e4d60ef60a6a089f6c1cc76
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-07-07T14:49:04Z/ Found at https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/0720e206c6ba28887e4d60ef60a6a089f6c1cc76
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/126abe3461762e5fc180e7e614391d1b4ab051ca
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://huntr.com/bounties/c7a69150-54f8-4e81-8094-791e7a2a0f29
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://huntr.com/bounties/c7a69150-54f8-4e81-8094-791e7a2a0f29
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-07-07T14:49:04Z/ Found at https://huntr.com/bounties/c7a69150-54f8-4e81-8094-791e7a2a0f29
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3263
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.26595
EPSS Score 0.00096
Published At June 5, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:24:19.459289+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/pypi/transformers/CVE-2025-3263.yml 38.6.0