CVE-2024-47870: Gradio race condition in update_root_in_config allows backend URL redirection

Summary

CVE-2024-47870 is a race condition in the `update_root_in_config` function of Gradio, an open-source Python package for quick prototyping. An attacker can modify the `root` URL the Gradio frontend uses to reach the backend, redirecting user traffic to a malicious server and potentially exposing authentication credentials or uploaded files. The issue affects all users connecting to a Gradio server, especially internet-exposed deployments.

Mitigation

Upgrade to `gradio>=5`. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected packages in the Exposure Registry

Matched by package name and ecosystem. Each entry shows whether the package delegates to a language model and how many tracked packages depend on it.

• gradioPyPILLM dependency since 2023-03-14 · 11 tracked dependents

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