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GHSA-j659-8xh6-5pq5: atomic-agents-stack: Parallel helper/delegate batch reserves $0 for models absent from the pricing table, bypassing the cost-cap fan-out guard

August 17, 2026

_estimate_batch_cost (atomic_agents/agent.py) looks up the per-model output price with PRICING.get(model, {}), returning 0.0 for any model not in the hardcoded pricing table. _check_batch_reservation then early-returns when the reservation is <= 0, skipping the batch reservation entirely. That reservation is the only defense against the documented fan-out race where every parallel helper/delegate reads the identical pre-batch on-disk cost total and each passes its individual check even though the collective spend overruns the configured cap.

Impact: an operator running any model not in the pricing table (self-hosted/Ollama/vLLM, a new provider SKU) with cost_guardrails + daily_cap_usd set believes the cap protects them, but a single parallel batch can blow past the cap. The parallel-helper model argument can also be steered to an unknown id. The sibling dream._estimate_dream_cost does this correctly (PRICING.get(model, _fallback_pricing())), which makes this a clear defect.

Affected: agent.py (_estimate_batch_cost / _check_batch_reservation), all versions through 1.0.0.

Fix: use PRICING.get(model, _costs._fallback_pricing())['output'] (mirror dream/calc_cost). Add a conformance test asserting an unknown-model batch reserves > 0 and that an over-cap unknown-model batch raises CostGuardrailBlocked.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-j659-8xh6-5pq5
  • github.com/dep0we/atomic-agents-stack/releases
  • github.com/dep0we/atomic-agents-stack/security/advisories/GHSA-j659-8xh6-5pq5

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.1.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.1.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.1.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

pypi/atomic-agents-stack/GHSA-j659-8xh6-5pq5.yml

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