CVE-2024-51751 Arbitrary file read with File and UploadButton components in Gradio

What is CVE-2024-51751?

CVE-2024-51751 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Gradio Project Gradio, published on 6 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Gradio is an open-source Python package designed to enable quick builds of a demo or web application. If File or UploadButton components are used as a part of Gradio application to preview file content, an attacker with access to the application might abuse these components to read arbitrary files from the application server. This issue has been addressed in release version 5.5.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51751?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including gradio. It affects 1 product.

Products include Gradio Project Gradio.

How do I fix CVE-2024-51751?

Upgrade gradio to 5.5.0 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2024-51751 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-51751 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Gradio Project Gradio

• CVE-2024-39236 Withdrawn Advisory: Gradio was discovered to contain a code injection vulnerability via the component /gradio/component_meta.py Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-6572 Command Injection in gradio-app/gradio Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-24770 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in Gradio Flagging High 8.8
• CVE-2026-49119 Gradio < 6.16.0 Path Traversal via FileExplorer.preprocess() High 8.7
• CVE-2025-23042 Gradio Blocked Path ACL Bypass Vulnerability High 8.7

All Gradio Project Gradio vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rhm9-gp5p-5248, PYSEC-2024-275.