CVE-2023-38896: LangChain vulnerable to arbitrary code execution
An issue in Harrison Chase langchain before version 0.0.236 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the frommathprompt and fromcoloredobjectprompt functions.
Published Aug 15, 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 before version 0.0.236 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the from_math_prompt and from_colored_object_prompt functions.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38896
- https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain/issues/5872
- https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain/pull/6003
- https://twitter.com/llm_sec/status/1668711587287375876
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/8ba9835b925473655914f63822775679e03ea137
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/e294ba475a355feb95003ed8f1a2b99942509a9e
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/langchain/PYSEC-2023-146.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-92j5-3459-qgp4
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