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Wiz details two now-fixed security issues on the Hugging Face AI platform that put customer data at risk, as Hugging Face partners with Wiz to improve security

Cloud security provider Wiz found two critical architecture flaws in generative AI models uploaded to Hugging Face, the leading hub for sharing AI models and applications.

Infosecurity Kevin Poireault

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  • @thehackersnews @thehackersnews on x
    🔒 New research reveals critical security risks for AI-as-a-service providers like Hugging Face. Attackers could gain access to hijack models, escalate privileges, and infiltrate CI/CD pipelines. Details: https://thehackernews.com/... #technews #artificalintelligence
  • @wiz_io @wiz_io on x
    Huge kudos to @huggingface for proactively implementing Wiz #CSPM and vulnerability scanning. Their commitment to annual penetration testing sets a new standard for #AIsecurity. https://www.wiz.io/...
  • @wiz_io @wiz_io on x
    The implications extend beyond #HuggingFace: As AI-as-a-service platforms grow, robust security is crucial. Our collaboration emphasizes the importance of industry partnerships in fortifying infrastructure against threats. [video]
  • @wiz_io @wiz_io on x
    Our research uncovered two critical risks: malicious models posing a threat by granting attackers cross-tenant access to sensitive data. 🛡️ Shared inference infrastructure takeover risk. 🔒 Shared CI/CD takeover risk. [image]
  • @sagitz_ @sagitz_ on x
    After establishing a foothold inside HF's infrastructure, we quickly noticed that we were running inside a Kubernetes pod hosted on AWS. A couple of EKS tricks later, we were able to escalate our privileges in the cluster and potentially take over the service💥 [image]
  • @sagitz_ @sagitz_ on x
    AI Models can come in different formats, based on the framework they were developed in. Some formats are safe, while others (like Pickle) allow Remote Code Execution as a feature! [image]
  • @sagitz_ @sagitz_ on x
    We took a legitimate model (gpt2) and modified it to execute shell commands when encountering the word ‘Backdoor’ in the prompt. [image]
  • @sagitz_ @sagitz_ on x
    Kudos to @HuggingFace security and infrastructure team who fixed these issues in record time, and implemented additional security measures to prevent this from happening in the future🤗🙌
  • @sagitz_ @sagitz_ on x
    Hugging Face, one of the best-known AI-as-a-Service providers, conveniently lets users interact with the AI models hosted on their platform using their own inference infrastructure. This feature is called Inference API. [image]
  • @sagitz_ @sagitz_ on x
    We were wondering: What would happen if we uploaded a malicious (pickle) model to Hugging Face and interacted with it using Inference API? Would our code be executed? Would our model share the same infrastructure as other Hugging Face users? 🤔
  • @sagitz_ @sagitz_ on x
    We uploaded a backdoored AI model to @HuggingFace which we could use to potentially access other customers' data✨ Here is how we did it - and collaborated with Hugging Face to fix it 🧵⬇️ [image]
  • @wiz_io @wiz_io on x
    🚨 BREAKING—> Wiz Research identifies critical risks in #AI-as-a-service 🚨 Our recent collaboration with @huggingface sheds light on these challenges and underscores the urgent need for industry-wide regulation and security standards. [image]
  • @mmarshall Matt Marshall on x
    Cloud security firm Wiz discovered a critical flaw in Hugging Face, affecting over 50,000 organizations. The vulnerability allowed researchers to execute commands on the company's servers and access private AI models. From @aaronpholmes at @TheInformation: https://www.theinformat…