Model hub supply chain
Backdoored models on public hubs compromise data scientists
categoryAI/ML and emerging attacksseverityHighlabnot yet measured
Example: ~100 malicious HF models
Classification
18 values: 6 imported, 2 derived, 10 machine-classified. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | AI model manipulationSupply chain |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Active |
| Attacker skill required | Medium |
| Resources required | Low |
| Likelihood / prevalence | Medium |
| Maturity | Emerging |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | ConfidentialityIntegrity |
| Platform | AI System |
| Environment | AI system |
| Target asset class | ML model / agent |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | Initial AccessResource Development |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 7
- AML.M0005 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0006 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0008 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0013 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0016 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0017 atlas-mitigation
- AML.M0035 atlas-mitigation
Framework references
- Primary source: https://jfrog.com/blog/data-scientists-targeted-by-malicious-hugging-face-ml-models-with-silent-backdoor/
- atlas: AML.T0115.001 (primary)
- atlas: AML.T0010.003
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'AI/ML and emerging attacks' table, line 638 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (Seeded-record enrichment run 2026-09-30 (crosswalk + facet classification)) — Crosswalk to atlas:AML.T0058, atlas:AML.T0010.003 as the nearest framework entries; ids verified to exist in the cached catalogues.