---
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: 0.15896
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:49.758Z'
---

## Overview

### Background

If 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.

### Impact
OMERO.web before 5.29.1

### Patches
User should upgrade to 5.29.2 or higher

### Workarounds
Disable the ``Forgot password`` option in OMERO.web using the ``omero.web.show_forgot_password`` configuration property[^1].

Thanks to Christopher Youd who reported the issue.

Open an issue in [omero-web](https://github.com/ome/omero-web)
Email us at [security@openmicroscopy.org](mailto:security@openmicroscopy.org)

[^1]: https://omero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/sysadmins/config.html#omero.web.show_forgot_password

## Affected packages

- `omero-web < 5.29.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `omero-web 5.29.2`