Information Disclosure in AutoGPT (CVE-2025-31491)
Summary
Vulnerability in AutoGPT (CVE-2025-31491). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Exploitable via Authorization header. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.6.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
AutoGPT is a platform that allows users to create, deploy, and manage continuous artificial intelligence agents that automate complex workflows. Prior to 0.6.1, AutoGPT allows of leakage of cross-domain cookies and protected headers in requests redirect. AutoGPT uses a wrapper around the requests python library, located in autogpt_platform/backend/backend/util/request.py. In this wrapper, redirects are specifically NOT followed for the first request. If the wrapper is used with allow_redirects set to True (which is the default), any redirect is not followed by the initial request, but rather re-requested by the wrapper using the new location. However, there is a fundamental flaw in manually re-requesting the new location: it does not account for security-sensitive headers which should not be sent cross-origin, such as the Authorization and Proxy-Authorization header, and cookies. For example in autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/github/_api.py, an Authorization header is set when retrieving data from the GitHub API. However, if GitHub suffers from an open redirect vulnerability (such as the made-up example of https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/{comment_id}/../../../../../redirect/?url=https://joshua.hu/), and the script can be coerced into visiting it with the Authorization header, the GitHub credentials in the Authorization header will be leaked. This allows leaking auth headers and private cookies. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.1.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-31491 has been found in AutoGPT.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like Authorization header over the network to misuse the product.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: upgrade AutoGPT to 0.6.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "AutoGPT CVE-2025-31491" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-31491 (AutoGPT) — CWE-200
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Attack surface: Authorization header
Patched: 0.6.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Information disclosure (CWE-200) exists in AutoGPT. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via Authorization header without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of AutoGPT. Attack surface: Authorization header.
Severity: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 0.6.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'AutoGPT' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'AutoGPT' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
AutoGPTを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade AutoGPT to 0.6.1ステージング環境で 0.6.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov