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incidents/AIR-2023-0082

CVE-2023-51449: File traversal and SSRF vulnerability in Gradio

Attack on AI2 Disclosed vulnerabilityInfrastructure vulnerability

Older versions of Gradio contained a vulnerability in the file route allowing file traversal and server-side request forgery attacks. Users were advised to update their packages.

disclosed CVENo confirmed exploitation, so this record is tracked as a disclosed vulnerability and not counted as an incident. It moves into the counts if CISA or the vendor confirms exploitation. Why

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Infrastructure vulnerability
    CVEs and advisories in AI frameworks, inference servers, MCP servers, AI developer tools and hosting stacks.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
2 · Disclosed vulnerability
CVE or vendor advisory, patched or patchable, no confirmed exploitation.
targets
Framework / tooling
products
gradio
incident date
21 Dec 2023
first reported
21 Dec 2023
origin
GitHub Advisory Database
Vulnerability record from NVD / the GitHub Advisory Database. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
CVE-2023-51449 · path-traversal · ssrf
record
created 2026-10-18 07:00Z · updated 2026-10-18 10:04Z · json

Sources · 2

  1. 2023-12-21
    CVE-2023-51449: Gradio makes the `/file` secure against file traversal and server-side request forgery attacks
    GitHub Advisory Database · github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qm2-wpxq-7qh2
  2. 2023-12-22
    CVE-2023-51449: Gradio is an open-source Python package that allows you to quickly build a demo or web application for your machine learning…
    NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51449

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