# CVE-2026-45553: NiceGUI: Local file disclosure via Docutils file insertion in ui.restructured\_text()

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2679, GHSA-JFRM-RX66-G536
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.12.0
- Published: 2026-06-02 · Updated: 2026-06-03

## Affected

- zauberzeug nicegui: fixed in 3.12.0
- nicegui (PyPI): fixed in 3.12.0

## Description

NiceGUI is a Python-based UI framework. Prior to version 3.12.0, ui.restructured_text() renders reStructuredText server-side with Docutils without disabling file insertion directives. When a NiceGUI application passes attacker-controlled content to ui.restructured_text(), an attacker can use standard Docutils directives (include, csv-table with :file:, raw with :file:) to read local files readable by the NiceGUI server process. Applications that only pass trusted static strings to ui.restructured_text() are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 3.12.0.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/zauberzeug/nicegui/security/advisories/GHSA-jfrm-rx66-g536
- https://github.com/zauberzeug/nicegui/releases/tag/v3.12.0

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