text-generation-webui has a Path Traversal in load_prompt() — .txt file read without authentication

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    "title": "text-generation-webui has a Path Traversal in load_prompt() — .txt file read without authentication",
    "summary": "text-generation-webui is an open-source web interface for running Large Language Models. Prior to 4.3, an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in load_prompt() allows reading any .txt file on the server filesystem. The file content is returned verbatim in the API response. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.3.",
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