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CVE-2024-5206

Published: Jun 6, 2024

Modified: Aug 1, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

4.7

MEDIUM

Description

A sensitive data leakage vulnerability was identified in scikit-learn's TfidfVectorizer, specifically in versions up to and including 1.4.1.post1, which was fixed in version 1.5.0. The vulnerability arises from the unexpected storage of all tokens present in the training data within the `stop_words_` attribute, rather than only storing the subset of tokens required for the TF-IDF technique to function. This behavior leads to the potential leakage of sensitive information, as the `stop_words_` attribute could contain tokens that were meant to be discarded and not stored, such as passwords or keys. The impact of this vulnerability varies based on the nature of the data being processed by the vectorizer.

VendorProductVersions

scikit-learn

scikit-learn/scikit-learn

affected
unspecified - < 1.5.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

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