CVE-2024-8156Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Command execution via untrusted branch-name interpolation

Published Mar 20, 2025 · Updated Oct 15, 2025

Command injection in AutoGPT before 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on a GitHub Actions runner. The workflow-checker.yml workflow embeds github.head.ref directly in a shell run block, causing shell metacharacters in a pull-request branch name to execute as commands. Exploitation requires an attacker-controlled branch and a pull-request workflow run, with resulting access bounded to runner execution and available secrets.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability1.71%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Command injection in AutoGPT before 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on a GitHub Actions runner. The workflow-checker.yml workflow embeds github.head.ref directly in a shell run block, causing shell metacharacters in a pull-request branch name to execute as commands. Exploitation requires an attacker-controlled branch and a pull-request workflow run, with resulting access bounded to runner execution and available secrets.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-8156
Published
Mar 20, 2025
Updated
Oct 15, 2025
Vendor
Significant Gravitas
Product
AutoGPT
Classifications
CWE-77, T1059
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <0.5.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Significant Gravitas · AutoGPTversion=unspecified <0.5.1

Published CVSS scores

9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8huntr.devCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter

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