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incidents/AIR-2025-0213

CVE-2024-10940: LangChain-core arbitrary file read vulnerability

Attack on AI2 Disclosed vulnerabilityInfrastructure vulnerabilityData leak

A vulnerability in LangChain-core enables unauthorized users to read arbitrary files from the host file system via specific prompt templates. Exposure of prompt outputs can lead to sensitive information disclosure.

disclosed CVENo confirmed exploitation, so this record is tracked as a disclosed vulnerability and not counted as an incident. It moves into the counts if CISA or the vendor confirms exploitation. Why

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Infrastructure vulnerabilityprimary
    CVEs and advisories in AI frameworks, inference servers, MCP servers, AI developer tools and hosting stacks.
  • Data leak
    Training data, chat logs, system prompts, model weights or other AI-system data exposed.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
2 · Disclosed vulnerability
CVE or vendor advisory, patched or patchable, no confirmed exploitation.
targets
Framework / tooling
products
langchain-core
incident date
20 Mar 2025
first reported
20 Mar 2025
origin
GitHub Advisory Database
Vulnerability record from NVD / the GitHub Advisory Database. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
CVE-2024-10940 · arbitrary-file-read
record
created 2026-10-18 07:00Z · updated 2026-10-18 10:04Z · json

Sources · 2

  1. 2025-03-20
    CVE-2024-10940: langchain-core allows unauthorized users to read arbitrary files from the host file system
    GitHub Advisory Database · github.com/advisories/GHSA-5chr-fjjv-38qv
  2. 2025-03-20
    CVE-2024-10940: A vulnerability in langchain-core versions >=0.1.17,<0.1.53, >=0.2.0,<0.2.43, and >=0.3.0,<0.3.15 allows unauthorized users to…
    NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10940

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