The huggingface/transformers library, versions prior to 4.53.0, is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in the AdamWeightDecay optimizer. The vulnerability arises from the _do_use_weight_decay method, which processes user-controlled regular expressions in the include_in_weight_decay and exclude_from_weight_decay lists. Malicious regular expressions can cause catastrophic backtracking during the re.search call, leading to 100% CPU utilization and a denial of service. This issue can be exploited by attackers who can control the patterns in these lists, potentially causing the machine learning task to hang and rendering services unresponsive.
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Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Description The huggingface/transformers library, versions prior to 4.53.0, is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in the AdamWeightDecay optimizer. The vulnerability arises from the _do_use_weight_decay method, which processes user-controlled regular expressions in the include_in_weight_decay and exclude_from_weight_decay lists. Malicious regular expressions can cause catastrophic backtracking during the re.search call, leading to 100% CPU utilization and a denial of service. This issue can be exploited by attackers who can control the patterns in these lists, potentially causing the machine learning task to hang and rendering services unresponsive.
Title Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in huggingface/transformers
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntr_ai

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-23T14:56:29.038Z

Reserved: 2025-06-30T09:44:12.092Z

Link: CVE-2025-6921

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-23T14:56:25.327Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-09-23T14:15:41.387

Modified: 2025-09-23T14:15:41.387

Link: CVE-2025-6921

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