# CVE-2026-33232: AutoGPT: Unauthenticated DoS via Disk Space Exhaustion

> Unauthenticated attackers can exhaust server disk space via the download_agent_file endpoint, causing a denial of service for the AutoGPT platform.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 May 2026
- **Updated:** 19 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-374w-2pxq-c9jp

## What is CVE-2026-33232?

CVE-2026-33232 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Significant-Gravitas AutoGPT, published on 19 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

AutoGPT is a workflow automation platform for creating, deploying, and managing continuous artificial intelligence agents. Versions 0.4.2 through 0.6.51 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated Denial of Service (DoS) through the server due to uncontrolled disk space consumption. The download_agent_file endpoint creates persistent temporary files for every request but fails to delete them after they are served. An unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly call this endpoint to exhaust the server's disk space, causing
 the database or other system services to fail due to "No space left on device" errors, rendering the entire AutoGPT Platform backend unavailable to all users. This issue has been patched in version 0.6.52.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling), CWE-459 (Incomplete Cleanup), CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-33232?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-33232?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-33232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-33232 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-33232 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-33232 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-33232 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Significant-Gravitas AutoGPT, published on 19 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-33232 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-2026-33232/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33232/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33232
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33232
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33232

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33232/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.