CVE-2025-1194
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
29/04/2025
Last modified:
01/08/2025
Description
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability was identified in the huggingface/transformers library, specifically in the file `tokenization_gpt_neox_japanese.py` of the GPT-NeoX-Japanese model. The vulnerability occurs in the SubWordJapaneseTokenizer class, where regular expressions process specially crafted inputs. The issue stems from a regex exhibiting exponential complexity under certain conditions, leading to excessive backtracking. This can result in high CPU usage and potential application downtime, effectively creating a Denial of Service (DoS) scenario. The affected version is v4.48.1 (latest).
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:huggingface:transformers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.50.0 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page



