# CVE-2026-120335: deepset-ai farm Model Package Loader language_model.py WordEmbedding_LM.load path traversal

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

A vulnerability has been found in deepset-ai farm up to 0.8.0. Affected is the function WordEmbedding_LM.load of the file farm/modeling/language_model.py of the component Model Package Loader. The manipulation of the argument embeddings_filename leads to path traversal. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public 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: 2.4 (low); CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.1: 4.8 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.0: 4.8 (medium); CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 2.0: 4.3 (medium); AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/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_WordEmbedding_LM_Model_Package_Loading.md (CNA: VulDB)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/429660 (CNA: VulDB; vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/429660/cti (CNA: VulDB; signature, permissions-required)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-120335 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1016279 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

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

## Provenance

- CNA: VulDB: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120335; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

Revision: fd0b41abac0796b957dfd3bc5e4148440b8f4c28892ce34f99d8cd524b67c2c0

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-120335