Label StudioApplication · Humansignal

CVE-2025-25297

HIGH · 7.7 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-02-14
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 1.16.0 or later.
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83/100
Remediation priority · High
Public exploit Remotely reachable Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Label Studio is an open source data labeling tool. Prior to version 1.16.0, Label Studio's S3 storage integration feature contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in its endpoint configuration. When creating an S3 storage connection, the application allows users to specify a custom S3 endpoint URL via the s3_endpoint parameter. This endpoint URL is passed directly to the boto3 AWS SDK without proper validation or restrictions on the protocol or destination. The vulnerability allows an attacker to make the application send HTTP requests to arbitrary internal services by specifying them as the S3 endpoint. When the storage sync operation is triggered, the application attempts to make S3 API calls to the specified endpoint, effectively making HTTP requests to the target service and returning the response in error messages. This SSRF vulnerability enables attackers to bypass network segmentation and access internal services that should not be accessible from the external network. The vulnerability is particularly severe because error messages from failed requests contain the full response body, allowing data exfiltration from internal services. Version 1.16.0 contains a patch for the issue.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-918

The server can be induced to make requests to a URL an attacker controls, turning it into a proxy into internal networks and cloud metadata services. It's especially dangerous behind a trusted network boundary. The fix is strict allow-listing of destinations and blocking access to internal address ranges.

General guidance for the server-side request forgery (ssrf) class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Label StudioApplication
Affected:< 1.16.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 1.16.0 or later
Fixed in 1.16.0
Vendor patch github.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Label Studio 1.16.0

  1. 1. Verify current Label Studio version by checking the running container or installed package version
  2. 2. Back up all Label Studio data, including projects, configurations, and any attached storage configurations
  3. 3. If using Docker: Stop the current container, then pull and run version 1.16.0 (e.g., docker pull heartexlabelstudio/label-studio:1.16.0)
  4. 4. If using pip/pipenv: Run pip install label-studio==1.16.0 or pipenv install label-studio==1.16.0
  5. 5. Start the upgraded Label Studio instance
  6. 6. Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the version in the UI (Settings > About) or via API
  7. 7. Re-configure any S3 storage integrations if needed and confirm the s3_endpoint parameter now validates endpoints properly

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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