CVE-2024-6961 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-6961: XXE in Guardrails AI when consuming RAIL documents

Weakness CWE-611 · XXE
Published July 21, 2024
Last update November 25, 2024

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

Description

RAIL documents are an XML-based format invented by Guardrails AI to enforce formatting checks on LLM outputs. Guardrails users that consume RAIL documents from external sources are vulnerable to XXE, which may cause leakage of internal file data via the SYSTEM entity.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

July 21, 2024 CVE published
November 25, 2024 Record updated