AutoGPT: Denial of Service (DoS) via Resource Exhaustion in text templating features
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
AutoGPT is a workflow automation platform for creating, deploying, and managing continuous artificial intelligence agents. In versions prior to 0.6.52, the Fill Text Template block is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. While the backend implements a SandboxedEnvironment to prevent unauthorized attribute access (e.g., blocking __class__), it fails to limit the computational complexity or execution time of the expressions. An attacker can input computationally expensive Python/Jinja2 expressions that consume the server's CPU and memory, leading to a complete system hang or crash. In multi-tenant or self-hosted environments, this results in a complete service outage and "noisy neighbor" effects that require manual administrative intervention to recover. This issue has been fixed in version 0.6.52.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significant-Gravitas | AutoGPT | 0.1.0 to before 0.6.52 | 0.6.52 | Patch available | CNA |
- AutoGPT VendorSignificant-Gravitas Affected 0.1.0 to before 0.6.52 Fixed in 0.6.52 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:agpt:autogpt_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Significant-Gravitas |
- cpe:2.3:a:agpt:autogpt_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Significant-Gravitas
Remediation
- Fix · CNA AutoGPT (Significant-Gravitas) Fixed in 0.6.52
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-33235
References
More Significant-Gravitas vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-05646 Shell Command Denylist Bypass in significant-gravitas/autogpt CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-19981 AutoGPT is Vulnerable to RCE via Disabled Block Execution CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2025-23508 AutoGPT has a DoS vulnerability in MediaDurationBlock CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2025-23495 AutoGPT has a DoS vulnerability in ScreenshotWebPageBlock CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2025-23493 AutoGPT has a DoS vulnerability in FileStoreBlock with StepThroughItemsBlock CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2025-23471 AutoGPT has a DoS vulnerability in ReadRSSFeedBlock CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
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