CVE-2024-34359: Llama-cpp-python remote code execution via Jinja2 chat templates

# CVE-2024-34359: Llama-cpp-python remote code execution via Jinja2 chat templates

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/cve-2024-34359-llama-cpp-python-remote-code-execution-via-ji · AIR-2024-0105 · closed 2024-05-13

- Lane: Patch now
- Severity: 2 (Disclosed vulnerability)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2024-05-13
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: llama-cpp-python
- CVE ids: CVE-2024-34359
- CVSS: 9.6

## Summary

A vulnerability in llama-cpp-python permits remote code execution via server-side template injection through model metadata. The issue affects how chat templates are loaded and parsed from GGUF files.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2024-05-14: CVE-2024-34359: llama-cpp-python is the Python bindings for llama.cpp. (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34359)
- 2024-05-13: CVE-2024-34359: llama-cpp-python vulnerable to Remote Code Execution by Server-Side Template Injection in Model Metadata (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-56xg-wfcc-g829)

## Sources

- 2024-05-13 GitHub Advisory Database: CVE-2024-34359: llama-cpp-python vulnerable to Remote Code Execution by Server-Side Template Injection in Model Metadata https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-56xg-wfcc-g829
- 2024-05-14 NVD: CVE-2024-34359: llama-cpp-python is the Python bindings for llama.cpp. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34359

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