CVE-2023-36281: langchain vulnerable to arbitrary code execution
An issue in langchain v.0.0.171 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the via the a json file to the loadprompt parameter. This is related to subclasses or a template.
Published Aug 22, 2023 · Updated Sep 30, 2024
Affected packages
langchain
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- < 0.0.312
- Fixed in
- 0.0.312
- Check
pip show langchain
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
An issue in langchain v.0.0.171 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the via the a json file to the load_prompt parameter. This is related to __subclasses__ or a template.
Credited to eyurtsev.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36281
- https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain/issues/4394
- https://aisec.today/LangChain-2e6244a313dd46139c5ef28cbcab9e55
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/langchain/PYSEC-2023-151.yaml
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/pull/10252
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/22abeb9f6cc555591bf8e92b5e328e43aa07ff6c
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/v0.0.312
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7gfq-f96f-g85j
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