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GHSA-q84m-rmw3-4382

GitHub Security Advisory

LangChain's XMLOutputParser vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

The XMLOutputParser in LangChain uses the etree module from the XML parser in the standard python library which has some XML vulnerabilities; see: https://docs.python.org/3/library/xml.html

This primarily affects users that combine an LLM (or agent) with the `XMLOutputParser` and expose the component via an endpoint on a web-service.

This would allow a malicious party to attempt to manipulate the LLM to produce a malicious payload for the parser that would compromise the availability of the service.

A successful attack is predicated on:

1. Usage of XMLOutputParser
2. Passing of malicious input into the XMLOutputParser either directly or by trying to manipulate an LLM to do so on the users behalf
3. Exposing the component via a web-service

Affected Packages

PyPI langchain-core
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 0.1.35)

Related CVEs

Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-q84m-rmw3-4382
Published
March 26, 2024 3:30 PM
Last Modified
March 27, 2024 5:46 PM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
PyPI
Primary Package
langchain-core
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: June 17, 2025 6:25 AM

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