CVE-2025-14925
Description
A flaw was found in Hugging Face Accelerate. A remote attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution by exploiting a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability. This occurs when the target visits a malicious page or opens a malicious file, leading to improper validation of user-supplied data during the parsing of checkpoints. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.
Statement
This vulnerability is rated Important for Red Hat products as it allows remote code execution via deserialization of untrusted data in Hugging Face Accelerate. Exploitation requires user interaction, where a target must open a specially crafted malicious file or visit a malicious page. This flaw affects components within Red Hat AI Inference Server, OpenShift Lightspeed, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI, and Red Hat OpenShift AI.
Mitigation
To mitigate this issue, users should avoid processing untrusted checkpoint files or visiting untrusted web pages with applications utilizing Hugging Face Accelerate. Restricting the sources of input data for affected components can significantly reduce the attack surface. No service restart is required for this operational control.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 | N/A | 7.8 |
| Attack Vector | Local | N/A | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | N/A | None |
| User Interaction | Required | N/A | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High | N/A | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | N/A | High |
| Availability Impact | High | N/A | High |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cve.org: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity
Technical Impact: Modify Application Data; Unexpected State
Attackers can modify unexpected objects or data that was assumed to be safe from modification. Deserialized data or code could be modified without using the provided accessor functions, or unexpected functions could be invoked.
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
If a function is making an assumption on when to terminate, based on a sentry in a string, it could easily never terminate.
Other
Technical Impact: Varies by Context
The consequences can vary widely, because it depends on which objects or methods are being deserialized, and how they are used. Making an assumption that the code in the deserialized object is valid is dangerous and can enable exploitation. One example is attackers using gadget chains to perform unauthorized actions, such as generating a shell.
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