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CVE-2024-0243

8.1 · HIGH
Published Feb 26, 2024 langchain CWE-918 EPSS 0.52% (42th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2024-0243 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting langchain langchain. It was published on February 26, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical Description

With the following crawler configuration:

```python

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as Soup

url = "https://example.com"

loader = RecursiveUrlLoader(

url=url, max_depth=2, extractor=lambda x: Soup(x, "html.parser").text

)

docs = loader.load()

```

An attacker in control of the contents of `https://example.com` could place a malicious HTML file in there with links like "https://example.completely.different/my_file.html" and the crawler would proceed to download that file as well even though `prevent_outside=True`.

https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/bf0b3cc0b5ade1fb95a5b1b6fa260e99064c2e22/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/recursive_url_loader.py#L51-L51

Resolved in https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/pull/15559

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from langchain. Update langchain to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
langchain langchain >= 0, < 0.1.0 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-0243?

CVE-2024-0243 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting langchain langchain. It was published on February 26, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2024-0243?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-0243?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from langchain. Update langchain to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2024-0243?

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