{"id":"CVE-2026-76841","summary":"Xinference through 2.11.0 Remote Code Execution via Hardcoded trust_remote_code in Model Loaders","details":"Xinference loads models with Hugging Face remote code execution unconditionally enabled, and before version 2.12.0 exposes no setting to disable it. Six loader call sites pass trust_remote_code=True as a literal or as an unconditional default: RerankModel._get_tokenizer in xinference/model/rerank/core.py, SentenceTransformerRerankModel.load in xinference/model/rerank/sentence_transformers/core.py, SentenceTransformerEmbeddingModel.load in xinference/model/embedding/sentence_transformers/core.py, FlagEmbeddingModel.load in xinference/model/embedding/flag/core.py, and two sites in xinference/model/llm/transformers/core.py where PytorchModel._sanitize_model_config and PytorchModel._get_components default the value to True. Because a caller with model launch access can register a model whose type is unknown and supply an arbitrary model path, the server reaches _auto_detect_type and then AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained, which imports and executes Python declared by the model directory's own tokenizer_config.json auto_map, running attacker-supplied code with the privileges of the worker process. Version 2.12.0 gates every site behind allow_trust_remote_code and the XINFERENCE_TRUST_REMOTE_CODE setting, permitting remote code only for bundled built-in models.","modified":"2026-08-28T11:30:42.961917281Z","published":"2026-08-24T13:11:59.094Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"VulnCheck","cwe_ids":["CWE-94"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/76xxx/CVE-2026-76841.json"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/76xxx/CVE-2026-76841.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76841"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xinference-through-remote-code-execution-via-hardcoded-trust-remote-code-in-model-loaders"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference/issues/5023"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference/pull/5027"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/xinference/"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference/blob/v2.11.0/xinference/model/rerank/core.py"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/xorbitsai/inference","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0a310a515ce401e38937a58b7210b1fa874ee156"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.12.0"}],"source":["AFFECTED_FIELD","DESCRIPTION"]}}],"versions":["v2.11.0","v2.10.0","v2.9.0","v2.8.0","v2.7.0","v2.5.0","v2.4.0","v2.3.0","v2.2.0","v2.1.0","v2.0.0","v1.17.0","v1.16.0","v1.15.0","v1.14.0","v1.13.0","v1.12.0","v1.11.0.post1","v1.11.0","v1.10.1","v1.10.0","v1.9.1","v1.9.0","v1.8.1.rc1","v1.8.1","v1.8.0","v1.7.1.post1","v1.7.1","v1.7.0.post1","v1.7.0","v1.6.1","v1.6.0.post1","v1.6.0","v1.5.1","v1.5.0.post1","v1.5.0","v1.4.1","v1.4.0","v1.3.1.post1","v1.3.1","v1.3.0.post2","v1.3.0.post1","v1.2.2","v1.2.1","v1.2.0","v1.1.1","v1.1.0","v1.0.1","v1.0.0","v0.16.3","v0.16.2","v0.16.1","v0.16.0","v0.15.4","v0.15.3","v0.15.2","v0.15.1","v0.15.0","v0.14.4.post1","v0.14.4","v0.14.3","v0.14.2","v0.14.1.post1","v0.14.1","v0.14.0.post1","v0.14.0","v0.13.3","v0.13.2","v0.13.1","v0.13.0","v0.12.3","v0.12.2.post1","v0.12.2","v0.12.1","v0.12.0","v0.11.3","v0.11.2.post1","v0.11.2","v0.11.1","v0.11.0","v0.10.3","v0.10.2.post1","v0.10.2","v0.10.1","v0.10.0","v0.9.4","v0.9.3","v0.9.2","v0.9.1","v0.9.0","v0.8.5","v0.8.4","v0.8.3.1","v0.8.3","v0.8.2","v0.8.1","v0.8.0","v0.7.5","v0.7.4.1","v0.7.4","v0.7.3.1","v0.7.3","v0.7.2","v0.7.1","v0.7.0","v0.6.5","v0.6.4","v0.6.3","v0.6.2","v0.6.1","v0.6.0","v0.5.6","v0.5.5","v0.5.4","v0.5.3","v0.5.2","v0.5.1","v0.5.0","v0.4.4","v0.4.3","v0.4.2","v0.4.1","v0.4.0","v0.3.0","v0.2.3","v0.2.2","v0.2.1","v0.2.0","v0.1.3","v0.1.2","v0.1.1","v0.1.0","v0.0.6","v0.0.5","v0.0.4","v0.0.3","v0.0.2","v0.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-76841.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}