Auto-GPT — Vulnerability (CVE-2023-37273)
Date: 2023-07
Affected: agpt/autogpt_classic
Attack vector: rce
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: High
CVE: CVE-2023-37273
CWE: CWE-94
CVSS: 8.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L)

Auto-GPT is an experimental open-source application showcasing the capabilities of the GPT-4 language model. Running Auto-GPT version prior to 0.4.3 by cloning the git repo and executing `docker compose run auto-gpt` in the repo root uses a different docker-compose.yml file from the one suggested in the official docker set up instructions. The docker-compose.yml file located in the repo root mounts itself into the docker container without write protection. This means that if malicious custom python code is executed via the `execute_python_file` and `execute_python_code` commands, it can overwrite the docker-compose.yml file and abuse it to gain control of the host system the next time Auto-GPT is started. The issue has been patched in version 0.4.3.


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Architectural layers (MAESTRO):