CVE-2026-5241: Policy Bypass in LightGlue Nested Config Resolution in huggingface/transformers

A vulnerability in the LightGlue model loading path of huggingface/transformers version 5.2.0 allows an attacker-controlled model repository to execute arbitrary code during model initialization. The issue arises because the trustremotecode parameter, intended to prevent remote code execution, is overridden by untrusted serialized configuration data in a nested code path. Specifically, when loading a LightGlue model using AutoModel.frompretrained() with trustremotecode=False, the LightGlueConfig reads the trustremotecode value from the untrusted config.json file and propagates it into nested AutoConfig.frompretrained() calls. This results in the execution of attacker-provided Python modules, even when the victim explicitly disables remote code execution. The vulnerability poses a high risk for environments such as API inference servers, research notebooks, CI/CD pipelines, and model evaluation workers, potentially leading to credential theft, lateral movement, or persistence/backdoor deployment.