{"id":"CVE-2023-37274","summary":"Python code execution sandbox escape in non-docker version in Auto-GPT","details":"Auto-GPT is an experimental open-source application showcasing the capabilities of the GPT-4 language model. When Auto-GPT is executed directly on the host system via the provided run.sh or run.bat files, custom Python code execution is sandboxed using a temporary dedicated docker container which should not have access to any files outside of the Auto-GPT workspace directory.\nBefore v0.4.3, the `execute_python_code` command (introduced in v0.4.1) does not sanitize the `basename` arg before writing LLM-supplied code to a file with an LLM-supplied name. This allows for a path traversal attack that can overwrite any .py file outside the workspace directory by specifying a `basename` such as `../../../main.py`. This can further be abused to achieve arbitrary code execution on the host running Auto-GPT by e.g. overwriting autogpt/main.py which will be executed outside of the docker environment meant to sandbox custom python code execution the next time Auto-GPT is started. The issue has been patched in version 0.4.3. As a workaround, the risk introduced by this vulnerability can be remediated by running Auto-GPT in a virtual machine, or another environment in which damage to files or corruption of the program is not a critical problem.","aliases":["GHSA-5h38-mgp9-rj5f"],"modified":"2026-04-10T05:10:18.355366Z","published":"2023-07-13T22:33:41.290Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/37xxx/CVE-2023-37274.json","cwe_ids":["CWE-94"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/37xxx/CVE-2023-37274.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/Auto-GPT/security/advisories/GHSA-5h38-mgp9-rj5f"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37274"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/Auto-GPT/pull/4756"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"80151dd6b2870dc6f91aafadb3a451f2e440a3ba"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.4.3"}]}}],"versions":["v0.1.0","v0.1.1","v0.1.2","v0.1.3","v0.2.0","v0.2.1","v0.2.2","v0.3.0","v0.3.1","v0.4.0","v0.4.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-37274.json"}},{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/significant-gravitas/auto-gpt","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"80151dd6b2870dc6f91aafadb3a451f2e440a3ba"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.4.3"}]}}],"versions":["v0.1.0","v0.1.1","v0.1.2","v0.1.3","v0.2.0","v0.2.1","v0.2.2","v0.3.0","v0.3.1","v0.4.0","v0.4.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-37274.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}