CVE-2023-38860
Published: 15 August 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-38860 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Langchain Langchain. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 16.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as NLP and Transformers.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-0113
Vulnerability details
An issue in LangChain v.0.0.231 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the prompt parameter.
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- NLP and Transformers
- Risk Domain
- N/A
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- Matched keywords: langchain
Related Threats
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.