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High

Gradio allows users to access arbitrary files

  • Disclosed: 25.09.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:20

Impact

This vulnerability allows users of Gradio applications that have a public link (such as on Hugging Face Spaces) to access files on the machine hosting the Gradio application. This involves intercepting and modifying the network requests made by the Gradio app to the server.

Patches

Yes, the problem has been patched in Gradio version 4.19.2 or higher. We have no knowledge of this exploit being used against users of Gradio applications, but we encourage all users to upgrade to Gradio 4.19.2 or higher.

Fixed in: https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/commit/16fbe9cd0cffa9f2a824a0165beb43446114eec7 CVE: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1728

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) gradio < 4.19.2 4.19.2

References

CVSS score 8.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
gradio
Disclosed
25.09.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 12:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-m842-4qm8-7gpq - CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-345 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: gradio

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (51) in the archive
Total entries
51
First → latest
12.2021 07.2026
Without a fix
13
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 5
  • High 19
  • Medium 22
  • Low 5

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Gradio before 6.16.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the FileExplorer component's preprocess() method that allows unauthenticated attackers to escape the configured root directory by supplyi
    High CVE-2026-49119 < 6.16.0 6.16.0
  2. Gradio has SSRF via Malicious `proxy_url` Injection in `gr.load()` Config Processing
    High · 8.2 CVE-2026-28416 < 6.6.0 6.6.0
  3. Gradio is Vulnerable to Absolute Path Traversal on Windows with Python 3.13+
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-28414 < 6.7.0 6.7.0
  4. Gradio DOS in multipart boundry while uploading the file
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-8966 <= 5.22.0 no fix
  5. Gradio Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Crafted HTTP Request
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-10624 >= 4.38.0, <= 5.0.0-beta.2 no fix
  6. Gradio Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion
    High · 8.2 CVE-2024-10648 >= 4.0.0, <= 5.0.0b2 no fix
  7. Gradio Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Crafted Zip Bomb
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-10569 >= 4.0.0, <= 5.0.0b2 no fix
  8. Gradio Blocked Path ACL Bypass Vulnerability
    Critical CVE-2025-23042 < 5.11.0 5.11.0
  9. Gradio uses insecure communication between the FRP client and server
    High · 8.1 CVE-2024-47871 < 5.0.0 5.0.0
  10. Gradio has a race condition in update_root_in_config may redirect user traffic
    High · 7.0 CVE-2024-47870 < 5.0.0 5.0.0
  11. Gradio lacks integrity checking on the downloaded FRP client
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-47867 < 5.0.0 5.0.0
  12. Gradios's CORS origin validation is not performed when the request has a cookie
    High · 8.8 CVE-2024-47084 < 4.44.0 4.44.0
  13. Gradio allows users to access arbitrary files this entry
    High · 8.1 CVE-2024-1728 < 4.19.2 4.19.2
  14. Server-Side Request Forgery in gradio
    High · 8.6 CVE-2024-4325 <= 4.36.0 no fix
  15. A local file inclusion vulnerability exists in the JSON component of gradio-app/gradio version 4.25. The vulnerability arises from improper input validation in the `postprocess()` function within `gra
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-4941 < 4.31.4 4.31.4
  16. A command injection vulnerability exists in the gradio-app/gradio repository, specifically within the 'test-functional.yml' workflow. The vulnerability arises due to improper neutralization of special
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2024-4253 < 4.29.0 4.29.0
  17. Gradio before 4.20 allows credential leakage on Windows.
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-34510 < 4.20.0 4.20.0
  18. gradio vulnerable to Path Traversal
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-1561 < 4.13.0 4.13.0
  19. gradio Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability
    High · 7.3 CVE-2024-2206 < 4.18.0 4.18.0
  20. A local file include could be remotely triggered in Gradio due to a vulnerable user-supplied JSON value in an API request.
    Critical · 9.4 CVE-2024-0964 not given by the source no fix
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