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SCA: security update for langchain-core (GHSA-q84m-rmw3-4382)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417983

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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). (CVE-2024-1455)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q84m-rmw3-4382

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417983

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.78

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1455

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1455

cwe: CWE-776