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GHSA-6qm2-wpxq-7qh2: Gradio makes the `/file` secure against file traversal and server-side request forgery attacks

OSV AI package advisories · observation · Dec 21, 2023 · UTC

Older versions of `gradio` contained a vulnerability in the `/file` route which made them susceptible to file traversal attacks in which an attacker could access arbitrary files on a machine running a Gradio app with a public URL (e.g. if the demo was created with `share=True`, or on Hugging Face Spaces) if they knew the path of files to look for. This was not possible through regular URLs passed into a browser, but it was possible through the use of programmatic tools such as `curl` with the `--pass-as-is` flag. Furthermore, the `/file` route in Gradio apps also contained a vulnerability that

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recordType
vulnerability
status
active
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Evidence & attribution

First collected: 2026-09-19T20:28:21.856Z. This is not the publication date.