CVE-2024-45858: Guardrails has an arbitrary code execution vulnerability
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in versions 0.2.9 up to 0.5.10 of the Guardrails AI Guardrails framework because of the way it validates XML files. If a victim user loads a maliciously crafted XML file containing Python code, the code will be passed to an eval function, causing it to execute on the user's machine.
Published Sep 18, 2024
Affected packages
guardrails-ai
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- >= 0.2.9, < 0.5.10
- Fixed in
- 0.5.10
- Check
pip show guardrails-ai
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in versions 0.2.9 up to 0.5.10 of the Guardrails AI Guardrails framework because of the way it validates XML files. If a victim user loads a maliciously crafted XML file containing Python code, the code will be passed to an eval function, causing it to execute on the user's machine.
References
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