CVE-2024-5565
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Vanna library uses a prompt function to present the user with visualized results, it is possible to alter the prompt using prompt injection and run arbitrary Python code instead of the intended visualization code. Specifically - allowing external input to the library’s “ask” method with "visualize" set to True (default behavior) leads to remote code execution.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Vanna library has a prompt injection vulnerability in its 'ask' method where user-supplied input can be injected into prompts when 'visualize' is set to True (the default). This allows attackers to override intended visualization logic and inject malicious prompts that execute arbitrary Python code on the host system, leading to remote code execution.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Vanna installationRun 'pip show vanna' or check your project's requirements.txt / pyproject.toml for the vanna packageAffected if Vanna is present in the environment
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Determine installed versionRun 'pip show vanna' and note the Version field, then compare against any known fixed version releasesAffected if The installed version is older than the patched version (if known) or is unpatched
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Check for visualize=True usageSearch your codebase for calls to the 'ask' method that include 'visualize=True' or have no 'visualize' parameter set (defaults to True)Affected if Code calls 'ask()' with visualize=True or relies on the default without explicitly disabling it
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Inspect user input flow to ask()Review code paths where user-supplied input is passed to the 'ask' method without sanitization or validationAffected if Unsanitized user input reaches the 'ask' method in any code path
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Verify execution contextCheck whether the Vanna library runs with elevated privileges or in an unsandboxed environmentAffected if The application runs as root/admin or lacks sandboxing/containment around Vanna execution
You are affected if Vanna is installed, your code uses the 'ask' method with visualize enabled (default), and unsanitized user input can reach that method - combine these conditions to confirm exposure to the RCE risk.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUntil an official patch is available, sanitize or validate all user input before passing it to Vanna's 'ask' method, disable visualization by default, and consider running the library in sandboxed or containerized environments to limit the impact of RCE.
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