oobabooga text-generation-webui trust_remote_code reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in oobabooga text-generation-webui. It has been declared as critical. This affects the function trust_remote_code. The manipulation results in Remote Code Execution.
This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-12488. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in oobabooga text-generation-webui (version now known). It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function trust_remote_code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-807. The product uses a protection mechanism that relies on the existence or values of an input, but the input can be modified by an untrusted actor in a way that bypasses the protection mechanism. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
oobabooga text-generation-webui trust_remote_code Reliance on Untrusted Inputs Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of oobabooga text-generation-webui. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the trust_remote_code parameter provided to the load endpoint. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied argument before using it to load a model. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account. . Was ZDI-CAN-26680.
The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-12488. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
Applying the patch b5a6904c4ac4049823396090360b6f566f4e4603 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4
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Exploiting
Class: Reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decisionCWE: CWE-807 / CWE-20
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Patch: b5a6904c4ac4049823396090360b6f566f4e4603
Timeline
10/31/2025 Advisory disclosed10/31/2025 VulDB entry created
11/13/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Product: github.comAdvisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-12488 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-12488
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-330756
Entry
Created: 10/31/2025 08:17Updated: 11/13/2025 04:20
Changes: 10/31/2025 08:17 (51), 11/13/2025 04:20 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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