{"id":"CVE-2025-54791","aliases":["GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r","PYSEC-2026-1717"],"title":"OMERO.web displays unecessary user information when requesting password reset","summary":"OMERO.web displays unecessary user information when requesting password reset","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","vendor":"omero-web","product":"omero-web","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["omero-web < 5.29.2"],"patched":["omero-web 5.29.2"],"published":"2025-08-13","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ome/omero-web/security/advisories/GHSA-gpmg-4x4g-mr5r"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54791"},{"url":"https://github.com/ome/omero-web/commit/8aa2789e8f759c73f1517abe9a0abd44e86644ad"},{"url":"https://github.com/ome/omero-web"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.00261,"epssPercentile":0.18213,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:49.758Z","slug":"CVE-2025-54791","body":"## Overview\n\n### Background\n\nIf 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.\n\n### Impact\nOMERO.web before 5.29.1\n\n### Patches\nUser should upgrade to 5.29.2 or higher\n\n### Workarounds\nDisable the ``Forgot password`` option in OMERO.web using the ``omero.web.show_forgot_password`` configuration property[^1].\n\nThanks to Christopher Youd who reported the issue.\n\nOpen an issue in [omero-web](https://github.com/ome/omero-web)\nEmail us at [security@openmicroscopy.org](mailto:security@openmicroscopy.org)\n\n[^1]: https://omero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/sysadmins/config.html#omero.web.show_forgot_password\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `omero-web < 5.29.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `omero-web 5.29.2`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}