MEDIUM 5.9 PyPI
LangChain's XMLOutputParser vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion
GHSA-q84m-rmw3-4382 · CVE-2024-1455
Published · Modified
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:
- Usage of XMLOutputParser
- Passing of malicious input into the XMLOutputParser either directly or by trying to manipulate an LLM to do so on the users behalf
- Exposing the component via a web-service
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1455
- WEB 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
- PACKAGE https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain
- WEB https://huntr.com/bounties/4353571f-c70d-4bfd-ac08-3a89cecb45b6
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