Infinite Recursion Vulnerability in langchain-ai/langchain Affects All Versions

CVE-2024-2965
4.2MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Langchain
Status
Langchain-community
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 June 2024

Summary

A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the `SitemapLoader` class of the `langchain-community` package, affecting all versions. The `parse_sitemap` method, responsible for parsing sitemaps and extracting URLs, lacks a mechanism to prevent infinite recursion when a sitemap URL refers to the current sitemap itself. This oversight allows for the possibility of an infinite loop, leading to a crash by exceeding the maximum recursion depth in Python. This vulnerability can be exploited to occupy server socket/port resources and crash the Python process, impacting the availability of services relying on this functionality.

Affected Version(s)

langchain-community <= unspecified

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.2
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Physical
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Risk change from: null to: 4.2 - (MEDIUM)

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

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