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GHSA-6W4Q-53GW-556H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-11 15:31 – Updated: 2026-10-11 15:31

Details

Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference through 1.9.4 contains a cleartext logging vulnerability that exposes the configured api_key because the router's Args struct lacks a redact attribute for it. Attackers with access to router logs, container output, or OTLP telemetry can recover the Bearer token and call the protected embedding and rerank endpoints.

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

4.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-108857 (GCVE-0-2026-108857)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-11 13:26 – Updated: 2026-10-13 16:59

Title

Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference through 1.9.4 Cleartext API Key Logging

Summary

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-13 15:49 UTC

CWE

CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Assigner

VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6248 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/hugging…	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-in…	technical-description
https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-in…	technical-description
https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-in…	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugging-face…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Hugging Face	Text Embeddings Inference	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.9.4 (semver)

Date Public

2026-10-11 00:00

Credits

hieuPenguinnn

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