# CVE-2024-10954: Prompt Injection Leading to RCE in binary-husky/gpt_academic Plugin `manim`

> Attackers can achieve remote code execution on the backend by injecting malicious prompts into the manim plugin due to lack of sandboxing.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m2gm-4vg9-pcc4

## What is CVE-2024-10954?

CVE-2024-10954 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in binary-husky/gpt_academic, published on 20 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the `manim` plugin of binary-husky/gpt_academic, versions prior to the fix, a vulnerability exists due to improper handling of user-provided prompts. The root cause is the execution of untrusted code generated by the LLM without a proper sandbox. This allows an attacker to perform remote code execution (RCE) on the app backend server by injecting malicious code through the prompt.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10954?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Binary-Husky Gpt Academic.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-10954?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10954 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10954 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-10954 exists.

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- [CVE-2024-10986](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10986/): Local File Read (LFI) by Tarslip Symlink via arxiv_download() API in binary-husky/gpt_academic (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10954 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10954 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in binary-husky/gpt_academic, published on 20 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-10954 exists.

Affected product: binary-husky/gpt_academic. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10954/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10954/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10954
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10954
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10954

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10954/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.