GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-q84m-rmw3-4382 LangChain's XMLOutputParser vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2024-1455
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- langchain-core
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-776
- Reviewed
- 2024-03-26
Affected packages
• PyPI langchain-core: < 0.1.35 → fixed in 0.1.35
Description
The XMLOutputParser in LangChain uses the etree module from the XML parser in the standard python library which has some XML vulnerabilities; see: https://docs.python.org/3/library/xml.html
This primarily affects users that combine an LLM (or agent) with the `XMLOutputParser` and expose the component via an endpoint on a web-service.
This would allow a malicious party to attempt to manipulate the LLM to produce a malicious payload for the parser that would compromise the availability of the service.
A successful attack is predicated on:
1. Usage of XMLOutputParser
2. Passing of malicious input into the XMLOutputParser either directly or by trying to manipulate an LLM to do so on the users behalf
3. Exposing the component via a web-service
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2024-1455 A vulnerability in the langchain-ai/langchain repository allows for a Billion Laughs Attack, a type of XML External Entity (XXE)… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1455 advisory
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/pull/17250 web
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/pull/19653 web
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/pull/19660 web
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/727d5023ce88e18e3074ef620a98137d26ff92a3 web
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain package
- https://huntr.com/bounties/4353571f-c70d-4bfd-ac08-3a89cecb45b6 web