CVE-2024-46946 — langchain-experimental
CRITICALCVE-2024-46946 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in langchain-experimental. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.
LangChain Experimental Eval Injection vulnerability
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-46946.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
langchain-experimentalReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
langchain_experimental (aka LangChain Experimental) 0.1.17 through 0.3.0 for LangChain allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through sympy.sympify (which uses eval) in LLMSymbolicMathChain. LLMSymbolicMathChain was introduced in fcccde406dd9e9b05fc9babcbeb9ff527b0ec0c6 (2023-10-05).
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | langchain-experimental | ≥ 0.1.17 | No fix |
Affected Products
langchain-experimentallangchainDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for langchain-experimental, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
The records we use list no patched version of langchain-experimental for CVE-2024-46946. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-46946 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.