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CVE-2024-8156

Command Injection in significant-gravitas/autogpt

Published: Mar 20, 2025Updated: Oct 15, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-77
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 24.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in the workflow-checker.yml workflow of significant-gravitas/autogpt. The untrusted user input `github.head.ref` is used insecurely, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary commands. This vulnerability affects versions up to and including the latest version. An attacker can exploit this by creating a branch name with a malicious payload and opening a pull request, potentially leading to reverse shell access or theft of sensitive tokens and keys.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected Products

significant-gravitas
oss-projectaka autogpt, significant-gravitas/autogpt
significant-gravitas/autogptMixed
AI / ML / ai-agent-tooling
agpt
aka autogpt platform, autogpt classic
autogpt classicSaaS
AI / ML / ai-agent-tooling

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://huntr.com/bounties/959efe87-f109-4cef-94d8-90ff2c7aef51
huntr.com
https://github.com/significant-gravitas/autogpt/commit/1df7d527dd37dff8363dc162fb58d300f072e302
github.com

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