AVID-2026-R1560

Description

LLama Factory Remote OS Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2024-52803)

Details

LLama Factory enables fine-tuning of large language models. A critical remote OS command injection vulnerability has been identified in the LLama Factory training process. This vulnerability arises from improper handling of user input, allowing malicious actors to execute arbitrary OS commands on the host system. The issue is caused by insecure usage of the Popen function with shell=True, coupled with unsanitized user input. Immediate remediation is required to mitigate the risk. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.1.

Reason for inclusion in AVID: The CVE describes a remote OS command injection vulnerability in LLama Factory (LLaMA-Factory) used to fine-tune LLMs. This is a software vulnerability in AI tooling that could be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on the host, impacting AI model training/serving pipelines. The issue affects software used to build/run AI systems and has a fixed version 0.9.1. It is a software supply-chain-relevant vulnerability in AI tooling.

References

Affected or Relevant Artifacts

Developer: Meta
Deployer: hiyouga
Artifact Details:

Type	Name
System	LLaMA-Factory

Impact

AVID Taxonomy Categorization

Risk domains: Security
SEP subcategories: S0100: Software Vulnerability
Lifecycle stages: L06: Deployment

CVSS

Version	3.1
Vector String	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base Score	7.5
Base Severity	🔴 High
Attack Vector	NETWORK
Attack Complexity	🟢 Low
Privileges Required	NONE
User Interaction	NONE
Scope	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact	🔴 High
Integrity Impact	NONE
Availability Impact	NONE

CWE

ID	Description
CWE-79	CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)

Other information

Report Type: Advisory
Credits:
Date Reported: 2024-11-21
Version: 0.3.3
AVID Entry