# CVE-2023-46229: LangChain Server Side Request Forgery vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-46229-langchain-server-side-request-forgery-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2023-10-19  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2023-46229 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2023-10-19

LangChain before 0.0.317 allows SSRF via document_loaders/recursive_url_loader.py because crawling can proceed from an external server to an internal server.

Technologies: [langchain (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/langchain). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2023-46229 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-46229 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2023-46229?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 19 October 2023.

**Which products and versions are affected?** langchain (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.0.317, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=9ecb7240a480720ec9d739b3877a52f76098a2b8|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.0.317.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2023-46229?** Yes. langchain (PyPI): upgrade to 0.0.317 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2023-46229?** Check whether you run langchain (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- langchain (PyPI): upgrade to 0.0.317 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "langchain>=0.0.317"
  ```


## Affected products

- langchain (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.0.317, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=9ecb7240a480720ec9d739b3877a52f76098a2b8|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.0.317

## Identifiers

- CVE-2023-46229
- GHSA-655w-fm8m-m478
- PYSEC-2023-205

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