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SCA: security update for gradio (GHSA-hmx6-r76c-85g9)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415850

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A timing attack vulnerability exists in the gradio-app/gradio repository, specifically within the login
 function in routes.py. The vulnerability arises from the use of a direct comparison operation
 (`app.auth[username] == password`) to validate user credentials, which can be exploited to guess passwords
 based on response times. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass
 authentication mechanisms and gain unauthorized access. (CVE-2024-1729)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hmx6-r76c-85g9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 415850

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.52

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1729

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1729

cwe: CWE-367