Diffusers through 0.39.0, fixed in commit cee298c, contains a path traversal vulnerability in the _get_checkpoint_shard_files function that allows attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying malicious weight_map values in model index JSON. Attackers can use ../ sequences or absolute paths in weight_map entries to escape the model directory and read safetensors files outside the intended location during model loading.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/diffusers-path-traversal-via-weight-map-arbitrary-file-read
https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/pull/14182
https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/issues/14175
https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/commit/cee298c1f37c439a9a408396b8283a921238a1c6
Published: 2026-07-23
Updated: 2026-07-23
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium