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CVE-2023-38896

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-08-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

An issue in Harrison Chase langchain v.0.0.194 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the from_math_prompt and from_colored_object_prompt functions.

Affected products

• langchain-ai/langchain: through 0.0.194

References

• https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain/issues/5872
• https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain/pull/6003
• https://twitter.com/llm_sec/status/1668711587287375876
• https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain/issues/5872
• https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain/pull/6003
• https://twitter.com/llm_sec/status/1668711587287375876

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