Bug 2393073 (CVE-2025-6984)

Summary: CVE-2025-6984 langchain-community: Langchain-community insecure XML parsing
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: anpicker, bbrownin, haoli, hasun, hkataria, jajackso, jcammara, jfula, jmitchel, jneedle, jowilson, jwong, kegrant, koliveir, kshier, mabashia, nyancey, ometelka, pbraun, ptisnovs, shvarugh, simaishi, smcdonal, stcannon, syedriko, teagle, tfister, thavo, ttakamiy, xdharmai, yguenane
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An XML External Entity flaw has been discovered in the langchain-community python package. The EverNoteLoader component has an insecure use of the `etree.iterparse()` function which does not disable external entity references. This can lead to sensitive information disclosure. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious XML payload that references local files, potentially exposing sensitive data
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-04 09:01:35 UTC
The langchain-ai/langchain project, specifically the EverNoteLoader component, is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due to insecure XML parsing. The affected version is 0.3.63. The vulnerability arises from the use of etree.iterparse() without disabling external entity references, which can lead to sensitive information disclosure. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious XML payload that references local files, potentially exposing sensitive data such as /etc/passwd.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-09-23 18:18:06 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
  Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9

Via RHSA-2025:16514 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16514