# CVE-2026-54769: Langroid: Sandbox Escape to Remote Code Execution via Incomplete \`eval()\` Mitigation in TableChatAgent

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2581, GHSA-Q9P7-WQXG-MRHC
- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.65.2
- Published: 2026-07-09 · Updated: 2026-07-10

## Affected

- langroid: fixed in 0.65.2
- langroid (PyPI): fixed in 0.65.2

## Description

Langroid is a framework for building large-language-model-powered applications. Versions prior to 0.65.2 are vulnerable to a critical Sandbox Escape leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) in its `TableChatAgent` and `VectorStore` capabilities. When these agents evaluate LLM-generated tool messages with `full_eval=True`, they attempt to sandbox the execution by explicitly setting `locals` to an empty dictionary `{}` inside Python's `eval()` function. However, this relies on an incomplete understanding of Python's execution model. Because `__builtins__` is not explicitly scrubbed from the `globals` dictionary mapping, Python implicitly injects all built-ins during execution, granting full access to functions like `__import__('os').system()`. Since `TableChatAgent.pandas_eval()` executes external LLM outputs natively, this bypass permits any attacker providing prompt payload to achieve unauthenticated RCE on the host system. Version 0.65.2 patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on langroid, upgrade to a fixed version (0.65.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/langroid/langroid/security/advisories/GHSA-q9p7-wqxg-mrhc

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