Path traversal in oobabooga text-generation-webui
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
text-generation-webui is an open-source web interface for running Large Language Models. Prior to 4.1.1, users can save extention settings in "py" format and in the app root directory. This allows to overwrite python files, for instance the "download-model.py" file could be overwritten. Then, this python file can be triggered to get executed from "Model" menu when requesting to download a new model. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA text-generation-webui (oobabooga) Fixed in 4.1.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-35050
References
More oobabooga Textgen vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-27614 text-generation-webui has a Path Traversal in load_grammar() — arbitrary file read without authentication CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-27613 text-generation-webui has a Path Traversal in load_preset() — .yaml file read without authentication CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-27612 text-generation-webui has a Path Traversal in load_template() — .jinja/.yaml/.yml file read without authentication CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
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