CVE-2025-11844
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2025-10-22
- Fixed in1.22.0
- WeaknessCWE-643
Am I affected?
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Description
Hugging Face Smolagents version 1.20.0 contains an XPath injection vulnerability in the search_item_ctrl_f function located in src/smolagents/vision_web_browser.py. The function constructs an XPath query by directly concatenating user-supplied input into the XPath expression without proper sanitization or escaping. This allows an attacker to inject malicious XPath syntax that can alter the intended query logic. The vulnerability enables attackers to bypass search filters, access unintended DOM elements, and disrupt web automation workflows. This can lead to information disclosure, manipulation of AI agent interactions, and compromise the reliability of automated web tasks. The issue is fixed in version 1.22.0.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2025-10-2214:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2025-11844?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2025-11844?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD · OSV| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.x | ≥ 1.20.0, < 1.22.0 | 1.22.0 | NVD |
| 1.22 | < 1.22.0 | 1.22.0 | OSV |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Huggingface smolagents to 1.22.0
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
Detection
read 2026-10-23 19:24 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- 1 repository, unverifiedSparshBiswas-AI/CVE-2025-11844-smolagents PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-10-22
- OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
- CNACVSS 3.05.4read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-643read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.3 %2026-10-23
- PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23
- OSVaffected packages—
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- Last Modified
- 2026-10-08
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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