Security Advisory
CVE-2024-1455
5.9
MEDIUM
Vulnerability 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).
Published Date
March 26, 2024
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory