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CVE-2026-68770 (GCVE-0-2026-68770)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-31 20:56 – Updated: 2026-07-31 20:56

Title

sentence-transformers Arbitrary Code Execution on Local Model Load Despite trust_remote_code=False

Summary

sentence-transformers contains a security control bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by exploiting a logic flaw in the import_module_class helper within sentence_transformers/util/misc.py, where the guard condition includes an 'or os.path.exists(model_name_or_path)' clause that satisfies the trust gate whenever the supplied path exists on the local filesystem, regardless of the trust_remote_code=False argument. Attackers who can control or influence the contents of a model directory on disk can place malicious Python files such as modeling_*.py referenced via modules.json, causing the code to execute at import time when an application loads the model with SentenceTransformer(path, trust_remote_code=False), bypassing the documented security contract and achieving code execution within the loading process.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/huggingface/sentence-transform…	issue-tracking
https://github.com/huggingface/sentence-transform…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/huggingface/sentence-transformers	product
https://github.com/huggingface/sentence-transform…	patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sentence-tra…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Hugging Face	sentence-transformers	Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.5.1 (semver)

Date Public

2026-07-30 00:00

Credits

Bofei Chen

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GHSA-JHR6-GM9C-RQJV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-31 21:31 – Updated: 2026-07-31 21:31

Details

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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