# CVE-2024-5936: Open Redirect in imartinez/privategpt

> Attackers can redirect users to malicious URLs via the file parameter, enabling phishing and credential theft in PrivateGPT.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gxxw-7m39-6fjm

## What is CVE-2024-5936?

CVE-2024-5936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in imartinez/privategpt, published on 27 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An open redirect vulnerability exists in imartinez/privategpt version 0.5.0 due to improper handling of the 'file' parameter. This vulnerability allows attackers to redirect users to a URL specified by user-controlled input without proper validation or sanitization. The impact of this vulnerability includes potential phishing attacks, malware distribution, and credential theft.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5936?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pribai Privategpt.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5936?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5936 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5936 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5936 exists.

Public exploit code:

- PrivateGPT < 0.5.0 - Open Redirect (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-5936.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in imartinez/privategpt

- [CVE-2024-4343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4343/): Python Command Injection in imartinez/privategpt (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-5186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5186/): Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in imartinez/privategpt (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2024-12063](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12063/): Denial of Service in imartinez/privategpt (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-8018](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8018/): Denial of Service (DOS) in imartinez/privategpt (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-3403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3403/): Local File Inclusion in imartinez/privategpt (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5936 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in imartinez/privategpt, published on 27 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5936 exists.

Affected product: imartinez/privategpt. 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-2024-5936/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5936/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5936
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5936
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5936

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5936/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.