# CVE-2024-34359: llama-cpp-python vulnerable to Remote Code Execution by Server-Side Template Injection in Model Metadata

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-392, GHSA-56XG-WFCC-G829
- Severity: CVSS 9.7 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.2.72
- Published: 2024-05-10 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- abetlen llama-cpp-python: from 0.2.30, through 0.2.71
- llama-cpp-python (PyPI): from 0.2.30, fixed in 0.2.72

## Description

llama-cpp-python is the Python bindings for llama.cpp. `llama-cpp-python` depends on class `Llama` in `llama.py` to load `.gguf` llama.cpp or Latency Machine Learning Models. The `__init__` constructor built in the `Llama` takes several parameters to configure the loading and running of the model. Other than `NUMA, LoRa settings`, `loading tokenizers,` and `hardware settings`, `__init__` also loads the `chat template` from targeted `.gguf` 's Metadata and furtherly parses it to `llama_chat_format.Jinja2ChatFormatter.to_chat_handler()` to construct the `self.chat_handler` for this model. Nevertheless, `Jinja2ChatFormatter` parse the `chat template` within the Metadate with sandbox-less `jinja2.Environment`, which is furthermore rendered in `__call__` to construct the `prompt` of interaction. This allows `jinja2` Server Side Template Injection which leads to remote code execution by a carefully constructed payload.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on abetlen llama-cpp-python, llama-cpp-python, upgrade to a fixed version (0.2.72) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python/security/advisories/GHSA-56xg-wfcc-g829
- https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python/commit/b454f40a9a1787b2b5659cd2cb00819d983185df

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