OMERO.web displays unecessary user information when requesting password reset

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.

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