CVE-2026-4963: Hugging Face Smolagents has an Injection issue
Affects smolagentsSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Public exploit available · CVSS 5.3 Medium.
Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 00:07 UTC
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:PExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Mar 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: evidence found.
CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| PyPIsmolagents | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
A weakness has been identified in huggingface smolagents 1.25.0.dev0. This affects the function evaluate_augassign/evaluate_call/evaluate_with of the file src/smolagents/local_python_executor.py of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2025-9959. This manipulation causes code injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4963 (opens in a new tab)
- gist.github.com/YLChen-007/35b7d46e892266a0ed6dbe57802858be (opens in a new tab)
- gist.github.com/YLChen-007/7146f45960f79bc1e2976fed526e0a9b (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/huggingface/smolagents (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com (opens in a new tab)