SecuriTricks - CVE-2024-8156

Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in the workflow-checker.yml workflow of significant-gravitas/autogpt. The untrusted user input `github.head.ref` is used insecurely, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary commands. This vulnerability affects versions up to and including the latest version. An attacker can exploit this by creating a branch name with a malicious payload and opening a pull request, potentially leading to reverse shell access or theft of sensitive tokens and keys.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Significant-gravitas	Autogpt	*

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	significant-gravitas	autogpt	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://github.com/significant-gravitas/autogpt/commit/1df7d527dd37dff8363dc162fb58d300f072e302

https://huntr.com/bounties/959efe87-f109-4cef-94d8-90ff2c7aef51

CVSS Score

8.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.0

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
Integrity Impact: HIGH
Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: March 20, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Last Modified: March 20, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@huntr.dev

CVE-2024-8156