ReDoS in Giskard Scan text perturbation
Priority LOW 38CWE-1333Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
Giskard is an evaluation and testing framework for AI systems. A Remote Code Execution (ReDoS) vulnerability was discovered in Giskard component by the GitHub Security Lab team. When processing datasets with specific text patterns with Giskard detectors, this vulnerability could trigger exponential regex evaluation times, potentially leading to denial of service. Giskard versions prior to 2.15.5 are affected.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00817 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed giskard (Giskard-AI): 2.15.5giskard (PyPI): 2.15.5
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giskard-AI | giskard | before 2.15.5 | 2.15.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | giskard (PyPI) | before 2.15.5 | 2.15.5 | Patch available | GHSA-pjwm-cr36-mwv3 |
- giskard VendorGiskard-AI Affected before 2.15.5 Fixed in 2.15.5 Patch available CNA
- giskard (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.15.5 Fixed in 2.15.5 Patch available GHSA-pjwm-cr36-mwv3
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:giskard-ai:giskard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | — |
- cpe:2.3:a:giskard-ai:giskard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—
Remediation
- Fix · CNA giskard (Giskard-AI) Fixed in 2.15.5
- Fix · GHSA-pjwm-cr36-mwv3 giskard (PyPI) Fixed in 2.15.5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-52524
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pjwm-cr36-mwv3
References
More Giskard-AI vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-26471 Giskard Agents have Server-side template injection via ChatWorkflow.chat() using non-sandboxed Jinja2 Environment CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
- TI-2026-29097 Giskard has an Unsandboxed Jinja2 Template Rendering in ConformityCheck CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-29096 Giskard has a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in RegexMatching Check CVSS 4.0LOW 1.0
Sources
- CVE-2024-52524 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-52524 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pjwm-cr36-mwv3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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