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SCA: security update for transformers (GHSA-fpwr-67px-3qhx)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 425772

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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). (CVE-2025-1194)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fpwr-67px-3qhx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 425772

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1194

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1194