# CVE-2026-120334: deepset-ai farm Tokenizer Loader tokenization.py EmbeddingTokenizer.from_pretrained path traversal

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-02. Updated: 2026-11-02.

A flaw has been found in deepset-ai farm up to 0.8.0. This impacts the function EmbeddingTokenizer.from_pretrained of the file farm/modeling/tokenization.py of the component Tokenizer Loader. Executing a manipulation of the argument vocab_filename can lead to path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- deepset-ai / farm: 0.1 (affected); 0.2 (affected); 0.3 (affected); 0.4 (affected); 0.5 (affected); 0.6 (affected); 0.7 (affected); 0.8.0 (affected). Source: CNA: VulDB

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 5.3 (medium); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.1: 4.3 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.0: 4.3 (medium); CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 2.0: 5 (medium); AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-22

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://github.com/3em0/cve_repo/blob/main/2026/Path_Traversal_in_FARM_Tokenizer_Load_via_Attacker-Controlled_vocab_filename.md (CNA: VulDB)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/429659 (CNA: VulDB; vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/429659/cti (CNA: VulDB; signature, permissions-required)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-120334 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1016276 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://github.com/3em0/cve_repo/blob/main/2026/Path_Traversal_in_FARM_Tokenizer_Load_via_Attacker-Controlled_vocab_filename.md (CNA: VulDB; exploit)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulDB: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120334; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

Revision: 88003e69430eaa04a8362570d8c50c548a69afbcb1d0629d3bb73af2b39188bb

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-120334