CVE-2024-1880

OS Command Injection in MacOS Text-To-Speech Class in significant-gravitas/autogpt

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 6, 2024 at 06:39 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsAutogpt ClassicAutoGPT

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the MacOS Text-To-Speech class MacOSTTS of the significant-gravitas/autogpt project, affecting versions up to v0.5.0. The vulnerability arises from the improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command within the `_speech` method of the MacOSTTS class. Specifically, the use of `os.system` to execute the `say` command with user-supplied text allows for arbitrary code execution if an attacker can inject shell commands. This issue is triggered when the AutoGPT instance is run with the `--speak` option enabled and configured with `TEXT_TO_SPEECH_PROVIDER=macos`, reflecting back a shell injection snippet. The impact of this vulnerability is the potential execution of arbitrary code on the instance running AutoGPT. The issue was addressed in version 5.1.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.5.1
Affected range stops below 0.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 5.1.00.5.0
Affected range stops below 5.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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