significant-gravitas AutoGPT up to 0.5.0 Denylist Setting os command injection

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A vulnerability was found in significant-gravitas AutoGPT up to 0.5.0 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Denylist Setting Handler. The manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-6091. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in significant-gravitas AutoGPT up to 0.5.0. Affected is an unknown code of the component Denylist Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in significant-gravitas/autogpt version 0.5.1 allows an attacker to bypass the shell commands denylist settings. The issue arises when the denylist is configured to block specific commands, such as 'whoami' and '/bin/whoami'. An attacker can circumvent this restriction by executing commands with a modified path, such as '/bin/./whoami', which is not recognized by the denylist.

The advisory is shared for download at huntr.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-6091 since 06/17/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/05/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

Upgrading to version 0.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ef691359b774a1f9f80cf4f5ace9821967b718ed is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• significant-gravitas

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• AutoGPT

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5.0

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/significant-gravitas/autogpt/

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