CVE-2023-36095: langchain Code Injection vulnerability
An issue in Harrison Chase langchain allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the PALChain,frommathprompt(llm).run in the python exec method.
Published Aug 5, 2023 · Updated Sep 27, 2024
Affected packages
langchain
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- < 0.0.236
- Fixed in
- 0.0.236
- Check
pip show langchain
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
An issue in Harrison Chase langchain allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the PALChain,from_math_prompt(llm).run in the python exec method.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36095
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/issues/5872
- https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/pull/6003
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/pull/7870
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/8ba9835b925473655914f63822775679e03ea137
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/e294ba475a355feb95003ed8f1a2b99942509a9e
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commits/v0.0.236?after=4d8b48bdb3f17c764c5c2e3c7140071603869e74+34&branch=v0.0.236&qualified_name=refs%2Ftags%2Fv0.0.236
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/langchain/PYSEC-2023-138.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gwqq-6vq7-5j86
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