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GHSA-r253-r9jw-qg44: Crawl4AI: Unauthenticated RCE via Chromium launch-argument injection in browser_config.extra_args

June 18, 2026

The Docker API server accepted a request-supplied browser_config.extra_args, which flowed into Chromium’s launch arguments. An attacker could inject Chromium switches that replace a child-process launch command (--utility-cmd-prefix, --renderer-cmd-prefix, --gpu-launcher, --browser-subprocess-path) together with --no-zygote, causing Chromium to fork/exec an attacker-controlled command as the container’s runtime user. The Docker API is unauthenticated by default, so a single request yields arbitrary command execution.

The earlier extra_args SSRF patch (0.8.9) used a denylist scoped to proxy/DNS flags; a denylist of launch switches is inherently incomplete, and these command-execution switches were not covered.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-r253-r9jw-qg44
  • github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/security/advisories/GHSA-r253-r9jw-qg44

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.9.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.9.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.9.0 or above.

Impact 10 CRITICAL

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Source file

pypi/Crawl4AI/GHSA-r253-r9jw-qg44.yml

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