CVE-2024-6961: Guardrails AI vulnerable to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
RAIL documents are an XML-based format invented by Guardrails AI to enforce formatting checks on LLM outputs. Guardrails users that consume RAIL documents from external sources are vulnerable to XXE, which may cause leakage of internal file data via the SYSTEM entity.
Published Jul 21, 2024 · Updated Nov 18, 2024
Affected packages
guardrails-ai
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- < 0.5.0
- Fixed in
- 0.5.0
- Check
pip show guardrails-ai
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
RAIL documents are an XML-based format invented by Guardrails AI to enforce formatting checks on LLM outputs. Guardrails users that consume RAIL documents from external sources are vulnerable to XXE, which may cause leakage of internal file data via the SYSTEM entity.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6961
- https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/guardrails-rail-xxe-jfsa-2024-001035519
- https://github.com/guardrails-ai/guardrails/pull/922
- https://github.com/guardrails-ai/guardrails/commit/f3d806afee31e2e3f97af682d16c3c1bc0d3c380
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f8hx-f4xw-c646
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