---
id: CVE-2026-108857
title: >-
  Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference through 1.9.4 contains a cleartext
  logging vulnerability that exposes the configured api_key because the router's
  Args struct lacks a redact attribute for it
summary: >-
  Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference through 1.9.4 contains a cleartext
  logging vulnerability that exposes the configured api_key because the router's
  Args struct lacks a redact attribute for it. Attackers with access to router
  logs, c…
severity: low
cvss: 3.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-532
published: '2026-10-11'
updated: '2026-10-11'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-11T14:17:05.503'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108857'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-inference'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-inference/blob/e80ef225ed0e6cb1717ce632a6a84b6cf211bb67/router/src/main.rs#L170-L174
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-inference/blob/e80ef225ed0e6cb1717ce632a6a84b6cf211bb67/router/src/main.rs#L204-L216
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/huggingface-text-embeddings-inference-api-key-startup-log
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugging-face-text-embeddings-inference-through-1.9.4-cleartext-api-key-logging
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-12T14:50:34.052Z'
---

## Overview

Hugging Face Text Embeddings Inference through 1.9.4 contains a cleartext logging vulnerability that exposes the configured api_key because the router's Args struct lacks a redact attribute for it. Attackers with access to router logs, container output, or OTLP telemetry can recover the Bearer token and call the protected embedding and rerank endpoints.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.