9.8
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-53753
Crawl4AI: AST Sandbox Escape via gi_frame.f_back Chain - Pre-Auth RCE in Docker API
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 23, 2026, 6:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 23, 2026, 6:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

GitHub_M
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-53753 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Kidocode crawl4ai
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Update Crawl4AI to version 0.8.7 or later to fix arbitrary code execution vulnerability.
  • Update Crawl4AI to version 0.8.7 or later.
  • Apply vendor patches if available.
  • Review and sanitize computed field schemas.

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