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CVE-2026-82288 – Unauthenticated Credential Disclosure – Stable Diffusion WebUI ≤ 1.10.1

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Summary

CVE-2026-82288 is a credential disclosure vulnerability in AUTOMATIC1111’s Stable Diffusion WebUI, affecting versions through 1.10.1. The unauthenticated /sdapi/v1/cmd-flags REST API endpoint returns the application’s parsed command-line arguments in cleartext, including the credentials configured for --gradio_auth and --api_auth. An unauthenticated network attacker can use these disclosed credentials to log into the web UI, making this a high-severity issue (CVSS v4.0 8.7).

Technical details

  • Root cause: the /sdapi/v1/cmd-flags API endpoint returns all parsed command-line launch arguments without filtering sensitive values, unlike the application’s /internal/sysinfo endpoint, which does redact sensitive fields.
  • Trigger conditions: the instance is launched with --api enabled (exposing the REST API) and with --gradio-auth (and/or --api-auth) set to protect the UI/API; if --api-auth itself is not set, the REST API routes, including cmd-flags, are reachable without any authentication.
  • Attack vector: network — a remote, unauthenticated attacker sends a GET request to /sdapi/v1/cmd-flags on an internet-exposed instance.
  • Impact: disclosure of plaintext credentials (username/password) configured for Gradio and/or API authentication, which can then be used to log into the web UI or API and access application functionality without authorization.

Affected software

  • AUTOMATIC1111 stable-diffusion-webui, versions 0 through 1.10.1 (inclusive)

Severity

  • CVSS v4.0: 8.7 (High) — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVSS v3.1: 7.5 (High) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Mitigation and recommended actions

  • Immediate: no vendor-confirmed patched release has been identified at this time. Track the upstream GitHub issue (#17411) for a fix that filters credential fields out of the cmd-flags response.
  • Workarounds / network mitigations:
    • Do not expose the Stable Diffusion WebUI REST API directly to the internet; restrict access via firewall, VPN, or allow-listing to trusted hosts only.
    • If the API must be reachable remotely, always set --api-auth in addition to --gradio-auth, and use a unique, non-reused credential pair.
    • Rotate any Gradio/API credentials that may have been exposed, and audit access logs for requests to /sdapi/v1/cmd-flags.
    • Avoid launching the service with --listen on untrusted networks unless authentication and network-layer restrictions are both in place.

How IONIX identifies potentially affected assets

IONIX matches the following signals against data already collected when it crawled the asset; identifying the technology sends no request beyond that crawl.

  • Raw response body: stable-diffusion-webuiui-config.json, Cleanup non-default temporary directory when starting webui, API…Github…Gradio…Startup profile…Reload UI, id="txt2img_hires_fix_row1"

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