Vulnerability in Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference (CVE-2026-108857)
Summary
Vulnerability in Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference (CVE-2026-108857). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-108857 has been found in Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference CVE-2026-108857" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-108857 (Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference) — CWE-532 / CVSS v3 3.3
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-532) exists in Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。