Description
text-generation-webui is an open-source web interface for running Large Language Models. Prior to 4.3, an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in load_preset() allows reading any .yaml file on the server filesystem. The parsed YAML key-value pairs (including passwords, API keys, connection strings) are returned in the API response. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.3.
Affected products
oobabooga: textgen
References1
- github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/security/advisories/… ExploitVendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.3
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 26 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-22
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