FKIE_CVE-2024-1455

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-03-26 14:15 - Updated: 2025-07-30 20:06
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability in the langchain-ai/langchain repository allows for a Billion Laughs Attack, a type of XML External Entity (XXE) exploitation. By nesting multiple layers of entities within an XML document, an attacker can cause the XML parser to consume excessive CPU and memory resources, leading to a denial of service (DoS).
References
security@huntr.devhttps://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/727d5023ce88e18e3074ef620a98137d26ff92a3Patch
security@huntr.devhttps://huntr.com/bounties/4353571f-c70d-4bfd-ac08-3a89cecb45b6Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/727d5023ce88e18e3074ef620a98137d26ff92a3Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://huntr.com/bounties/4353571f-c70d-4bfd-ac08-3a89cecb45b6Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
langchain langchain *
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  "lastModified": "2025-07-30T20:06:23.577",
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