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πŸ”’ [IBM OSPO Security Notification] β€” IBM/FMFastSim

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Issue type
Bug
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Tech stack
huggingface, python

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No dependency manifest or test file is named. Start by locating the declarations for torch and transformers, then review the listed CVEs and available patched versions; done means applying feasible updates and confirming the open Dependabot alerts are resolved, while documenting alerts with no available fix.

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security

πŸ”’ [IBM OSPO Security Notification] β€” IBM/FMFastSim

Action required: Remediate the alerts listed below before their SLA deadline.
This issue will be closed automatically once all alerts are resolved.

SLA policy: critical = 7 days, high = 30 days, medium = 90 days, low = no deadline.
Alerts at or above medium severity will trigger a warning comment before the deadline and
repo archiving if unresolved. Low-severity alerts are tracked here for visibility only β€”
they will never trigger warnings or archiving.

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Attention: @wgifford @kyongmin-yeo

Dependabot Alerts
Severity CVE/GHSA Package Affected Patched Deadline Fix PR
🟠 high CVE-2026-4372 transformers < 5.3.0 5.3.0 2026-10-22 β€”
🟠 high CVE-2026-5241 transformers < 5.5.0 5.5.0 2026-10-22 β€”
🟠 high CVE-2026-9856 transformers < 5.10.0 5.10.0 2026-10-22 β€”
🟑 medium CVE-2025-3730 torch <= 2.7.1 2.8.0 2026-12-21 β€”
🟑 medium CVE-2026-1839 transformers < 5.0.0rc3 5.0.0rc3 2026-12-21 β€”
🟑 medium CVE-2025-2998 torch <= 2.6.0 β€” 2026-12-21 β€”
🟑 medium CVE-2025-2999 torch < 2.9.1 2.9.1 2026-12-21 β€”
πŸ”΅ low CVE-2025-2953 torch < 2.7.1-rc1 2.7.1-rc1 β€” β€”
πŸ”΅ low CVE-2025-2148 torch <= 2.6.0 β€” β€” β€”
πŸ”΅ low CVE-2025-2149 torch <= 2.6.0 β€” β€” β€”
πŸ”΅ low CVE-2025-3001 torch < 2.10.0 2.10.0 β€” β€”
πŸ”΅ low CVE-2025-3000 torch <= 2.12.1 2.13.0 β€” β€”
Code Scanning Alerts

No open code scanning alerts.

Secret Scanning Alerts

No open secret scanning alerts.


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