High

Gradio uses insecure communication between the FRP client and server

  • Disclosed: 10.10.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:19

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

This vulnerability involves insecure communication between the FRP (Fast Reverse Proxy) client and server when Gradio's share=True option is used. HTTPS is not enforced on the connection, allowing attackers to intercept and read files uploaded to the Gradio server, as well as modify responses or data sent between the client and server. This impacts users who are sharing Gradio demos publicly over the internet using share=True without proper encryption, exposing sensitive data to potential eavesdroppers.

Patches

Yes, please upgrade to gradio>=5 to address this issue.

Workarounds

Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?

As a workaround, users can avoid using share=True in production environments and instead host their Gradio applications on servers with HTTPS enabled to ensure secure communication.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) gradio < 5.0.0 5.0.0

References

CVSS score 8.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-311
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
gradio
Disclosed
10.10.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 12:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2024-219 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-279j-x4gx-hfrh - 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

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 1
  3. 2023: 5
  4. 2024: 28
  5. 2025: 9
  6. 2026: 7
Severity:
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-8966 <= 5.22.0 no fix
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-10624 >= 4.38.0, <= 5.0.0-beta.2 no fix
  3. High · 8.2 CVE-2024-10648 >= 4.0.0, <= 5.0.0b2 no fix
  4. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-10569 >= 4.0.0, <= 5.0.0b2 no fix
  5. Critical CVE-2025-23042 < 5.11.0 5.11.0
  6. Gradio uses insecure communication between the FRP client and server this entry
    High · 8.1 CVE-2024-47871 < 5.0.0 5.0.0
  7. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-47867 < 5.0.0 5.0.0
  8. High · 8.1 CVE-2024-1728 < 4.19.2 4.19.2
  9. High · 8.6 CVE-2024-4325 <= 4.36.0 no fix
  10. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-34510 < 4.20.0 4.20.0
  11. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-1561 < 4.13.0 4.13.0
  12. High · 7.3 CVE-2024-2206 < 4.18.0 4.18.0
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