CVE-2024-1455

Published Mar 26, 2024

Last updated 7 months ago

Overview

Description
A vulnerability in the langchain-ai/langchain repository allows for a Billion Laughs Attack, a type of XML External Entity (XXE) exploitation. By nesting multiple layers of entities within an XML document, an attacker can cause the XML parser to consume excessive CPU and memory resources, leading to a denial of service (DoS).
Source
security@huntr.dev
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Secondary
Base score
5.9
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

security@huntr.dev
CWE-776

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