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CVE-2026-53753

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Description

Crawl4AI is an open-source LLM friendly web crawler & scraper. Prior to 0.8.7, the _safe_eval_expression() function in the computed fields feature uses an AST validator that only blocks attributes starting with underscore. Python generator and frame object attributes (gi_frame, f_back, f_builtins) do NOT start with underscore, enabling a complete sandbox escape to achieve arbitrary code execution. The attack requires no authentication (JWT disabled by default) and is triggered via POST /crawl with a crafted extraction schema. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.7.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
10.0 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-06-23 19:17:07.107000
Last modified
2026-10-25 23:10:00.167000
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      "value": "Crawl4AI es un rastreador y extractor web de código abierto compatible con LLM. Antes de la versión 0.8.7, la función _safe_eval_expression() en la característica de campos calculados utiliza un validador AST que solo bloquea atributos que comienzan con guion bajo. Los atributos de objeto de generador y de marco de Python (gi_frame, f_back, f_builtins) NO comienzan con guion bajo, lo que permite un escape completo del sandbox para lograr ejecución de código arbitrario. El ataque no requiere autenticación (JWT deshabilitado por defecto) y se activa a través de POST /crawl con un esquema de extracción manipulado. Esta vulnerabilidad está corregida en 0.8.7."
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