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CVE-2025-14925VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-14925: Hugging Face Accelerate · Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Affects Hugging Face AccelerateSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.0 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 30% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 23 Dec 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

AI-suggested

1. Immediately restrict the sources of checkpoint files to trusted and verified origins to prevent loading malicious data. 2. Implement strict input validation and sanitization on all checkpoint data before deserialization. 3. Employ sandboxing or containerization to isolate the execution environment of Hugging Face Accelerate, limiting the impact of potential code execution. 4. Educate users and developers about the risks of opening untrusted files or visiting suspicious links, emphasizing the user interaction requirement. 5. Monitor system and network logs for unusual activity indicative of exploitation attempts, such as unexpected process launches or network connections. 6. Apply principle of least privilege to processes running Accelerate to minimize potential damage. 7. Stay alert for official patches or updates from Hugging Face and apply them promptly once available. 8. Consider using alternative libraries or workflows that do not rely on vulnerable deserialization mechanisms until a fix is released.

Description

Hugging Face Accelerate Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Hugging Face Accelerate. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of checkpoints. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-27985.

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