# CVE-2024-1881: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in significant-gravitas/autogpt

> Attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands by bypassing command validation in AutoGPT, requiring an upgrade to secure the application.

- **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:** 6 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rr88-j2r8-3xpc

## What is CVE-2024-1881?

CVE-2024-1881 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in significant-gravitas/autogpt, published on 6 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

AutoGPT, a component of significant-gravitas/autogpt, is vulnerable to an improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS Command Injection') due to a flaw in its shell command validation function. Specifically, the vulnerability exists in versions v0.5.0 up to but not including 5.1.0. The issue arises from the application's method of validating shell commands against an allowlist or denylist, where it only checks the first word of the command. This allows an attacker to bypass the intended restrictions by crafting commands that are executed despite not being on the allowlist or by including malicious commands not present in the denylist. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1881?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Agpt Autogpt Classic.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1881?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1881 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1881 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1881 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in significant-gravitas/autogpt

- [CVE-2024-6091](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6091/): Shell Command Denylist Bypass in significant-gravitas/autogpt (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-8156](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8156/): Command Injection in significant-gravitas/autogpt (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-1879](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1879/): CSRF to RCE in significant-gravitas/autogpt (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-37273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37273/): Docker escape in Auto-GPT when running from docker-compose.yml included in git repo (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-1880](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1880/): OS Command Injection in MacOS Text-To-Speech Class in significant-gravitas/autogpt (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1881 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1881 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in significant-gravitas/autogpt, published on 6 Jun 2024. 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-2024-1881 exists.

Affected product: significant-gravitas/autogpt. 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-2024-1881/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1881/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1881
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1881
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1881

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