Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-273

Allowed

Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

Abstraction: Base · Status: Incomplete

The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded.

63 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-X9R9-C232-4Q39

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-01 15:31 – Updated: 2026-09-30 23:40
VLAI
Summary
Hugging Face Transformers downloads custom generation code before trust consent
Details

A vulnerability in Hugging Face Transformers (versions 4.49.0, <= 5.8.1) allows remote Python files to be written to local disk without user consent when using GenerativePreTrainedModel.load_custom_generate(). The function fetches and caches a remote module file before performing the required trust_remote_code consent check, inverting the security model enforced by other code-loading paths (such as AutoConfig, AutoModel, and AutoTokenizer). As a result, attacker‑controlled Python code from custom_generate/generate.py is copied into the user’s ~/.cache/huggingface/modules directory even if the user declines the trust prompt. Although execution is correctly gated, the file write is not reversible and can persist across sessions. This can lead to persistent, unauthorized files on disk and stale cache collisions where cached attacker code may later be executed during trusted model loads. The issue stems from an unconditional file write in dynamic_module_utils.py prior to any trust verification.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "transformers"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.49.0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "5.8.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-80047"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-273"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-09-30T23:40:28Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-09-01T14:17:41Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability in Hugging Face Transformers (versions 4.49.0, \u003c= 5.8.1) allows remote Python files to be written to local disk without user consent when using GenerativePreTrainedModel.load_custom_generate(). The function fetches and caches a remote module file before performing the required trust_remote_code consent check, inverting the security model enforced by other code-loading paths (such as AutoConfig, AutoModel, and AutoTokenizer). As a result, attacker\u2011controlled Python code from custom_generate/generate.py is copied into the user\u2019s ~/.cache/huggingface/modules directory even if the user declines the trust prompt. Although execution is correctly gated, the file write is not reversible and can persist across sessions. This can lead to persistent, unauthorized files on disk and stale cache collisions where cached attacker code may later be executed during trusted model loads. The issue stems from an unconditional file write in dynamic_module_utils.py prior to any trust verification.",
  "id": "GHSA-x9r9-c232-4q39",
  "modified": "2026-09-30T23:40:28Z",
  "published": "2026-09-01T15:31:13Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80047"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/pull/48620"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/commit/cbc1651a032b923da7f4b44b3d0e6f68e6ba6b55"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/huggingface/transformers"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/456290"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/456290"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Hugging Face Transformers downloads custom generation code before trust consent"
}

GHSA-XJ6G-7VQ6-3MCM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:11 – Updated: 2023-08-08 15:31
VLAI
Details

An issue was discovered in HCC Embedded InterNiche NicheStack through 4.3. The tfshnd():tftpsrv.c TFTP packet processing function doesn't ensure that a filename is adequately '\0' terminated; therefore, a subsequent call to strlen for the filename might read out of bounds of the protocol packet buffer (if no '\0' byte exists within a reasonable range).

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-36762"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-273"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-08-19T12:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in HCC Embedded InterNiche NicheStack through 4.3. The tfshnd():tftpsrv.c TFTP packet processing function doesn\u0027t ensure that a filename is adequately \u0027\\0\u0027 terminated; therefore, a subsequent call to strlen for the filename might read out of bounds of the protocol packet buffer (if no \u0027\\0\u0027 byte exists within a reasonable range).",
  "id": "GHSA-xj6g-7vq6-3mcm",
  "modified": "2023-08-08T15:31:20Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:11:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36762"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.forescout.com/blog/new-critical-operational-technology-vulnerabilities-found-on-nichestack"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.hcc-embedded.com/about/about-interniche"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/608209"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-XP9J-8P68-9Q93

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-05 09:30 – Updated: 2024-12-13 20:30
VLAI
Summary
Mattermost Server Improper Access Control
Details

Improper Access Control in Mattermost Server versions 8.1.x before 8.1.11 allows an attacker that is in a channel with an active call to keep participating in the call even if they are removed from the channel

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8.1.11"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-21848"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-273",
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-05T17:03:58Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-04-05T09:15:09Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "Improper Access Control in Mattermost Server versions 8.1.x before 8.1.11 allows an attacker that is in a channel with an active call to keep participating in the call even if they are removed from the channel\n\n",
  "id": "GHSA-xp9j-8p68-9q93",
  "modified": "2024-12-13T20:30:33Z",
  "published": "2024-04-05T09:30:38Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21848"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://mattermost.com/security-updates"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Mattermost Server Improper Access Control"
}

Mitigation MIT-46
Architecture and Design

Strategy: Separation of Privilege

  • Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
Mitigation MIT-53
Implementation

Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is expected.

Mitigation
Implementation

In Windows, make sure that the process token has the SeImpersonatePrivilege(Microsoft Server 2003). Code that relies on impersonation for security must ensure that the impersonation succeeded, i.e., that a proper privilege demotion happened.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.