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Medium

Gradio's `is_in_or_equal` function may be bypassed

  • Disclosed: 10.10.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:19

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

This vulnerability relates to the bypass of directory traversal checks within the is_in_or_equal function. This function, intended to check if a file resides within a given directory, can be bypassed with certain payloads that manipulate file paths using .. (parent directory) sequences. Attackers could potentially access restricted files if they are able to exploit this flaw, although the difficulty is high. This primarily impacts users relying on Gradio’s blocklist or directory access validation, particularly when handling file uploads.

Patches

Yes, please upgrade to gradio>=5.0 to address this issue.

Workarounds

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

As a workaround, users can manually sanitize and normalize file paths in their Gradio deployment before passing them to the is_in_or_equal function. Ensuring that all file paths are properly resolved and absolute can help mitigate the bypass vulnerabilities caused by the improper handling of .. sequences or malformed paths.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) gradio < 5.0.0 5.0.0

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
gradio
Disclosed
10.10.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 12:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2024-213 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-77xq-6g77-h274 - 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. Gradio's `is_in_or_equal` function may be bypassed this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2024-47164 < 5.0.0 5.0.0
  13. 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
  14. Gradio allows users to access arbitrary files
    High · 8.1 CVE-2024-1728 < 4.19.2 4.19.2
  15. Server-Side Request Forgery in gradio
    High · 8.6 CVE-2024-4325 <= 4.36.0 no fix
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. Gradio before 4.20 allows credential leakage on Windows.
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-34510 < 4.20.0 4.20.0
  19. gradio vulnerable to Path Traversal
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-1561 < 4.13.0 4.13.0
  20. gradio Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability
    High · 7.3 CVE-2024-2206 < 4.18.0 4.18.0
  21. 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
  22. Gradio makes the `/file` secure against file traversal and server-side request forgery attacks
    High · 8.6 CVE-2023-51449 < 4.11.0 4.11.0
  23. Gradio Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2023-6572 < 4.14.0 4.14.0
  24. `gradio` is an open source framework for building interactive machine learning models and demos. Prior to version 2.8.11, `gradio` suffers from Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV Fil
    High · 8.8 CVE-2022-24770 < 2.8.11 2.8.11
  25. Files on the host computer can be accessed from the Gradio interface
    Critical · 8.3 CVE-2021-43831 < 2.5.0 2.5.0

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