CVE-2026-44827

Diffusers is the a library for pretrained diffusion models. Prior to 0.38.0, diffusers 0.37.0 allows remote code execution without the trust_remote_code=True safeguard when loading pipelines from Hugging Face Hub repositories. The _resolve_custom_pipeline_and_cls function in pipeline_loading_utils.py performs string interpolation on the custom_pipeline parameter using f"{custom_pipeline}.py". When custom_pipeline is not supplied by the user, it defaults to None, which Python interpolates as the literal string "None.py". If an attacker publishes a Hub repository containing a file named None.py with a class that subclasses DiffusionPipeline, the file is automatically downloaded and executed during a standard DiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained() call with no additional keyword arguments. The trust_remote_code check in DiffusionPipeline.download() is bypassed because it evaluates custom_pipeline is not None as False (since the kwarg was never supplied), while the downstream code path that actually loads the module resolves the None value into a valid filename. An attacker can achieve silent arbitrary code execution by publishing a malicious model repository with a None.py file and a standard-looking model_index.json that references a legitimate pipeline class name, requiring only that a victim calls from_pretrained on the repository. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.38.0.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:diffusers:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

History

19 May 2026, 03:20

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References () https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/security/advisories/GHSA-j7w6-vpvq-j3gm - () https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/security/advisories/GHSA-j7w6-vpvq-j3gm - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:diffusers:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
First Time Huggingface
Huggingface diffusers

14 May 2026, 18:16

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References () https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/security/advisories/GHSA-j7w6-vpvq-j3gm - () https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/security/advisories/GHSA-j7w6-vpvq-j3gm -

14 May 2026, 17:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-14 17:16

Updated : 2026-05-19 03:20


NVD link : CVE-2026-44827

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44827

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44827


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Products Affected

huggingface

  • diffusers
CWE
CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')