Guardrails AI up to 0.5.9 XML eval injection

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A vulnerability was found in Guardrails AI up to 0.5.9. It has been classified as very critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component XML Handler. The manipulation leads to eval injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-45858. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Guardrails AI up to 0.5.9. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component XML Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a eval injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-95. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes code syntax before using the input in a dynamic evaluation call (e.g. "eval"). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in versions 0.2.9 up to 0.5.10 of the Guardrails AI Guardrails framework because of the way it validates XML files. If a victim user loads a maliciously crafted XML file containing Python code, the code will be passed to an eval function, causing it to execute on the user's machine.

The advisory is shared at hiddenlayer.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-45858 since 09/10/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/18/2024).

Upgrading to version 0.5.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Artificial Intelligence Software

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• Guardrails

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• AI

Version

• 0.5.0
• 0.5.1
• 0.5.2
• 0.5.3
• 0.5.4
• 0.5.5
• 0.5.6
• 0.5.7
• 0.5.8
• 0.5.9

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