CVE-2024-5998 (GCVE-0-2024-5998)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-17 11:50 – Updated: 2024-09-17 13:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in langchain-ai/langchain
Summary
A vulnerability in the FAISS.deserialize_from_bytes function of langchain-ai/langchain allows for pickle deserialization of untrusted data. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary commands via the os.system function. The issue affects the latest version of the product.
Severity
5.2 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-17 13:28 UTC
CWE
- CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| langchain-ai | langchain-ai/langchain |
Affected:
unspecified , < 0.2.9
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| langchain | langchain |
Affected:
0 , < 0.2.9
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:langchain:langchain:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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