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CVE-2023-36281

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

An issue in langchain v.0.0.171 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a JSON file to load_prompt. This is related to __subclasses__ or a template.

Affected products

• langchain-ai/langchain: 0.0.171

References

• https://aisec.today/LangChain-2e6244a313dd46139c5ef28cbcab9e55
• https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain/issues/4394
• https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/v0.0.312
• https://aisec.today/LangChain-2e6244a313dd46139c5ef28cbcab9e55
• https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain/issues/4394
• https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/v0.0.312

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