Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-68665

CVE-2025-68665

langchain-ai langchainjs — LangChain serialization injection vulnerability enables secret extraction

Description · from the CVE record

LangChain is a framework for building LLM-powered applications. Prior to @langchain/core versions 0.3.80 and 1.1.8, and prior to langchain versions 0.3.37 and 1.2.3, a serialization injection vulnerability exists in LangChain JS's toJSON() method (and subsequently when string-ifying objects using JSON.stringify(). The method did not escape objects with 'lc' keys when serializing free-form data in kwargs. The 'lc' key is used internally by LangChain to mark serialized objects. When user-controlled data contains this key structure, it is treated as a legitimate LangChain object during deserialization rather than plain user data. This issue has been patched in @langchain/core versions 0.3.80 and 1.1.8, and langchain versions 0.3.37 and 1.2.3

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
langchainjs@langchain/core >= 1.0.0, < 1.1.8–CNA
langchainjs@langchain/core < 0.3.80–CNA
langchainjslangchain >= 1.0.0, < 1.2.3–CNA
langchainjslangchain < 0.3.37–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
GitHub_M (CNA)8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

References

exploitgithub.com/langchain-ai/langchainjs/security/advisories/GHSA-r399-636x-v7f6refgithub.com/langchain-ai/langchainjs/commit/e5063f9c6e9989ea067dfdff39262b9e7b6aba62refgithub.com/langchain-ai/langchainjs/releases/tag/%40langchain%2Fcore%401.1.8refgithub.com/langchain-ai/langchainjs/releases/tag/langchain%401.2.3