Vulnerability in backpropagate (CVE-2026-48797)
Summary
Vulnerability in backpropagate (CVE-2026-48797). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via BACKPROPAGATE_UI_AUTH. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.2.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Backpropagate is a Python library for fine-tuning large language models on a single GPU. In versions 1.1.0 and 1.1.1, the optional Reflex web UI exposes a training control plane without authentication: dataset upload, model load, training start/stop, multi-run orchestration, GGUF export, and HuggingFace Hub push. The CLI accepts two operator-facing flags intended as security controls: --auth user:pass — documented as "require HTTP Basic authentication on every request to the UI." and--share — documented as "expose the UI on a public address; requires --auth." When --auth user:pass is passed, the CLI prints Auth: enabled (user: ) to confirm to the operator that authentication is active, then exports BACKPROPAGATE_UI_AUTH=user:pass to the subprocess that launches the Reflex backend. The Reflex backend (backpropagate/ui_app/**) never reads BACKPROPAGATE_UI_AUTH. No authentication middleware is registered. No request-level guard runs. No WebSocket upgrade guard runs. Any client that reaches the bound port — local or remote, depending on whether --share is used — has full UI access. An inline comment at backpropagate/cli.py:1217-1218 in the v1.1.0 source documents the gap: "For Phase 1 the variable is exported but Reflex doesn't read it yet." This comment was internal-facing; the user-facing documentation (README, CHANGELOG, SHIP_GATE) advertised the contract as enforced. An attacker who reaches the bound port can read uploaded datasets, trigger arbitrary training runs against any…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-48797 has been found in backpropagate.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like BACKPROPAGATE_UI_AUTH over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade backpropagate to 1.2.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "backpropagate CVE-2026-48797" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-48797 (backpropagate) — CWE-1295
Attack surface: BACKPROPAGATE_UI_AUTH / rx.upload / source_model_path / dataset_path
Patched: 1.2.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-1295) exists in backpropagate. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via BACKPROPAGATE_UI_AUTH.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of backpropagate. Attack surface: BACKPROPAGATE_UI_AUTH / rx.upload / source_model_path / dataset_path.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 1.2.0.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'backpropagate' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'backpropagate' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
backpropagateを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade backpropagate to 1.2.0ステージング環境で 1.2.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- package github.com
- package pypi.org
- web github.com