GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-q84m-rmw3-4382 LangChain's XMLOutputParser vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion

MEDIUM Published 2024-03-26 Modified 2024-03-27 Official page ↗
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