GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r/GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r
Aliases
Published
2025-08-13T18:47:35Z
Modified
2026-07-07T17:57:08.214720041Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
OMERO.web displays unecessary user information when requesting password reset
Details

Background

If an error occurred when resetting a user's password using the Forgot Password option in OMERO.web, the error message displayed on the Web page can disclose information about the user.

Impact

OMERO.web before 5.29.1

Patches

User should upgrade to 5.29.2 or higher

Workarounds

Disable the Forgot password option in OMERO.web using the omero.web.show_forgot_password configuration property[^1].

Thanks to Christopher Youd who reported the issue.

Open an issue in omero-web Email us at security@openmicroscopy.org

Database specific
{
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-08-13T18:47:35Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-209"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-13T14:15:32Z"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / omero-web

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.29.2

Affected versions

5.*
5.5.dev1
5.5.dev2
5.6.dev1
5.6.dev2
5.6.dev3
5.6.dev4
5.6.dev5
5.6.dev6
5.6.dev7
5.6.0
5.6.1
5.6.2
5.6.3
5.7.0
5.7.1
5.8.0
5.8.1
5.9.0
5.9.1
5.9.2
5.10.0
5.11.0rc1
5.11.0
5.12.0
5.12.1
5.13.0
5.14.0rc1
5.14.0
5.14.1
5.15.0
5.16.0
5.17.0
5.18.0
5.19.0
5.20.0
5.21.0
5.22.0
5.22.1
5.23.0
5.23.1.dev0
5.24.0
5.25.0
5.26.0
5.27.0
5.27.1
5.27.2
5.28.0
5.29.0
5.29.1

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range
"<= 5.29.1"
source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r/GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r.json"