CVE-2024-5998
MEDIUM5.2EPSS 0.09%LangChain pickle deserialization of untrusted data
Published: 9/17/2024Modified: 7/30/2025
Description
A vulnerability in the `FAISS.deserialize_from_bytes` function of langchain-ai/langchain allows for pickle deserialization of untrusted data. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary commands via the `os.system` function. The issue affects versions prior to 0.2.4.
Affected packages (1)
- PyPI/langchain-communityfrom 0, < 0.2.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5998
- PATCHhttps://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain
- WEBhttps://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/604dfe2d99246b0c09f047c604f0c63eafba31e7
- WEBhttps://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/77209f315efd13442ec51c67719ba37dfaa44511
- WEBhttps://huntr.com/bounties/fa3a2753-57c3-4e08-a176-d7a3ffda28fe