LangChain has incomplete f-string validation in prompt templates (langchain-ai langchain)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.26 % · percentile 18 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
LangChain is a framework for building agents and LLM-powered applications. Prior to 0.3.84 and 1.2.28, LangChain's f-string prompt-template validation was incomplete in two respects. First, some prompt template classes accepted f-string templates and formatted them without enforcing the same attribute-access validation as PromptTemplate. In particular, DictPromptTemplate and ImagePromptTemplate could accept templates containing attribute access or indexing expressions and subsequently evaluate those expressions during formatting. Second, f-string validation based on parsed top-level field names did not reject nested replacement fields inside format specifiers. In this pattern, the nested replacement field appears in the format specifier rather than in the top-level field name. As a result, earlier validation based on parsed field names did not reject the template even though Python formatting would still attempt to resolve the nested expression at runtime. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.3.84 and 1.2.28.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-1336 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
References
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/security/advisories/GHSA-926x-3r5x-gfhw
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/pull/36612
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/pull/36613
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/6bab0ba3c12328008ddca3e0d54ff5a6151cd27b
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/commit/af2ed47c6f008cdd551f3c0d87db3774c8dfe258
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-core%3D%3D0.3.84
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-core%3D%3D1.2.28
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-926x-3r5x-gfhw — LangChain has incomplete f-string validation in prompt templates
- PYSEC-2026-2563 — LangChain has incomplete f-string validation in prompt templates
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-21063
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-40087
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1056 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Splunk · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0550 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:langchain:langchain_core:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*< 0.3.84cpe:2.3:a:langchain:langchain_core:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*≥ 1.0.0 < 1.2.28
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| langchain-ai · langchain | affected < 0.3.83 ; affected >= 1.0.0a1, < 1.2.28 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |