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incidents/AIR-2024-0074

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

Attack on AI2 Disclosed vulnerabilityInfrastructure vulnerability

A timing attack vulnerability exists in Gradio password-protected applications due to early string mismatch termination. An unrated-limited brute-force attack could potentially allow users to guess correct credentials.

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
22 Feb 2024
first reported
22 Feb 2024
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-2024-1729 · timing-attack · brute-force
record
created 2026-10-18 07:00Z · updated 2026-10-18 10:04Z · json

Sources · 2

  1. 2024-02-22
    CVE-2024-1729: Gradio apps vulnerable to timing attacks to guess password
    GitHub Advisory Database · github.com/advisories/GHSA-hmx6-r76c-85g9
  2. 2024-03-29
    CVE-2024-1729: A timing attack vulnerability exists in the gradio-app/gradio repository, specifically within the login function in routes.py.
    NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1729

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