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SCA: security update for langchain-community (GHSA-pc6w-59fv-rh23)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435207

Description

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

 - The langchain-ai/langchain project, specifically the EverNoteLoader component, is vulnerable to XML
 External Entity (XXE) attacks due to insecure XML parsing. The affected version is 0.3.63. The
 vulnerability arises from the use of etree.iterparse() without disabling external entity references, which
 can lead to sensitive information disclosure. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious XML
 payload that references local files, potentially exposing sensitive data such as /etc/passwd.
 (CVE-2025-6984)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pc6w-59fv-rh23

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435207

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/5/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6984

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6984