Advisory Details

October 30th, 2025

oobabooga text-generation-webui trust_remote_code Reliance on Untrusted Inputs Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2025-12488
CVSS SCORE	9.8, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS	oobabooga
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	text-generation-webui
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	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.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	oobabooga has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/commit/b5a6904c4ac4049823396090360b6f566f4e4603
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2025-03-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2025-10-30 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2025-10-30 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Nicholas Zubrisky (@NZubrisky) of Trend Micro Security Research

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