CVE-2025-66645: NiceGUI has a path traversal in app.add_media_files() allows arbitrary file read

December 9, 2025 (updated December 10, 2025)

A directory traversal vulnerability in NiceGUI’s App.add_media_files() allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the server filesystem.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxp3-63hc-5366
github.com/zauberzeug/nicegui
github.com/zauberzeug/nicegui/commit/a1b89e2a24e1911a40389ace2153a37f4eea92a9
github.com/zauberzeug/nicegui/security/advisories/GHSA-hxp3-63hc-5366
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66645

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