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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-21376

OMERO.web is open source Django-based software for managing microscopy imaging. OMERO.web before version 5.9.0 loads various information about the current user such as their id, name and the groups they are in, and these are available on the main webclient pages. This represents an information exposure vulnerability. Some additional information being loaded is not used by the webclient and is being removed in this release. This is fixed in version 5.9.0.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:33 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-21376

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Mar 2021, 16:15 UTC

OMERO.web is open source Django-based software for managing microscopy imaging. OMERO.web before version 5.9.0 loads various information about the current user such as their id, name and the groups they are in, and these are available on the main webclient pages. This represents an information exposure vulnerability. Some additional information being loaded is not used by the webclient and is being removed in this release. This is fixed in version 5.9.0.

osv:CVE-2021-21376
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21376",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-21376",
    "summary": "OMERO.web is open source Django-based software for managing microscopy imaging. OMERO.web before version 5.9.0 loads various information about the current user such as their id, name and the groups they are in, and these are available on the main webclient pages. This represents an information exposure vulnerability. Some additional information being loaded is not used by the webclient and is being removed in this release. This is fixed in version 5.9.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-21376",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-21376",
        "GHSA-gfp2-w5jm-955q",
        "PYSEC-2021-31"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
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                  "fixed": "1303ae337622820b5eacb3967f236ec113e32ef1"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "952f8e5d28532fbb14fb665982211329d137908c"
                }
              ],
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                  }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:29.622836033Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/ome/omero-web/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#590-march-2021",
        "https://github.com/ome/omero-web/security/advisories/GHSA-gfp2-w5jm-955q",
        "https://pypi.org/project/omero-web/",
        "https://www.openmicroscopy.org/security/advisories/2021-SV1/",
        "https://github.com/ome/omero-web/commit/952f8e5d28532fbb14fb665982211329d137908c"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385455,
  "published_at": "2021-03-23T16:15:14.173+00:00"
}