CVE-2026-57845 Hugging Face Datasets - Remote Code Execution

Hugging Face Datasets through 5.1.0 contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability caused by unvalidated loading of malicious pickle files via the deprecated pandas packaged builder, letting attackers execute arbitrary Python code with victim process privileges, exploit requires victim to load crafted pickle-backed dataset.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
Proof of concept available
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.55% chance of exploitation in 30 days
View the NVD record ↗

Details

Type
Remote Code Execution
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
23 October 2026
Updated
25 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-502

Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 5.1.0 or apply patches that remove insecure deserialization via pandas packaged builder.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

← All CVEs