AI agent vulnerability · Gradio

CVE-2024-1729: Gradio apps vulnerable to timing attacks to guess password

mediumCVSS 3.0 5.9GHSA-hmx6-r76c-85g9

Impact This security policy is with regards to a timing attack that allows users of Gradio apps to potentially guess the password of password-protected Gradio apps. This relies on the fact that string comparisons in Python terminate early, as soon as there is a string mismatch.

Published Feb 22, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2024

Affected packages

gradio

Ecosystem: PyPI
Affected: < 4.19.2
Fixed in: 4.19.2
Check: pip show gradio

Advisory details

From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).

Impact

This security policy is with regards to a timing attack that allows users of Gradio apps to potentially guess the password of password-protected Gradio apps. This relies on the fact that string comparisons in Python terminate early, as soon as there is a string mismatch. Because Gradio apps are, by default, not rate-limited, a user could brute-force millions of guesses to figure out the correct username and password.

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/e329f1fd38935213fe0e73962e8cbd5d3af6e87b

References

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