Medium severity · published Jul 23, 2026
CVE-2026-65010
Datasets Symlink-following Arbitrary File Write via Extractor.extract()
6.6
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Datasets through 5.00, fixed in commit ad2d853, contains a symlink-following vulnerability in Extractor.extract() that allows local attackers to write arbitrary files by pre-planting symlinks at predictable output paths. Attackers can redirect archive extraction to arbitrary filesystem locations in shared-cache environments, enabling overwrite of sensitive files and potential privilege escalation or code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DA
datasets · huggingface
through 5.00 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65010
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65010
technical-description
https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/8296
issue-tracking
https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/pull/8303
patch
https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/commit/ad2d853ae2ce41d8068c23b44c2e29004312ccee
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/datasets-symlink-following-arbitrary-file-write-via-extractor-extract
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