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