{"id":"CVE-2024-45858","aliases":["GHSA-w392-75q8-vr67","PYSEC-2026-1432"],"title":"Guardrails has an arbitrary code execution vulnerability","summary":"Guardrails has an arbitrary code execution vulnerability","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"guardrails-ai","product":"guardrails-ai","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["guardrails-ai >= 0.2.9, < 0.5.10"],"patched":["guardrails-ai 0.5.10"],"published":"2024-09-18","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w392-75q8-vr67","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45858"},{"url":"https://github.com/guardrails-ai/guardrails/commit/ab12701e8c3ef41273ff9b3912f2e4e28ae8306f"},{"url":"https://github.com/guardrails-ai/guardrails"},{"url":"https://hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2024-09-guardrails"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.00375,"epssPercentile":0.31262,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:53.527Z","slug":"CVE-2024-45858","body":"## Overview\n\nAn 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.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `guardrails-ai >= 0.2.9, < 0.5.10`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `guardrails-ai 0.5.10`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}