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CVE-2023-38896

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-38896 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting Harrison Chase langchain versions 0.0.194 and earlier, specifically through the from_math_prompt and from_colored_object_prompt functions. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely without user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.0.194CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:langchain:langchain:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0152 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: langchainFixed in: 0.0.236

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-92j5-3459-qgp4critical

LangChain vulnerable to arbitrary code execution

Aug 15, 2023

References

github.com / hwchase17/langchain/issues/5872
ExploitIssue TrackingPatch
github.com / hwchase17/langchain/pull/6003
Patch
twitter.com / llm_sec/status/1668711587287375876
Third Party Advisory