Server-side request forgery in langchain-ai langchain-community
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
SitemapLoader.parse_sitemap in langchain_community/document_loaders/sitemap.py applies the documented restrict_to_same_domain control only to leaf url entries. The loop over url elements filters cross-domain locations, but the loop over nested sitemap elements passes the child loc straight to self.scrape_all([loc.text], "xml"), which reaches WebBaseLoader.scrape_all and an aiohttp GET, with no domain comparison and no check for private, loopback or link-local destinations. An attacker who controls or influences an ingested sitemap can therefore point a nested sitemap entry at an internal address and make the server fetch it even when the deploying application set restrict_to_same_domain to True specifically to confine outbound requests. The fetched content is parsed and surfaces in the returned Documents, so internal responses are disclosed to the caller rather than merely requested.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| langchain-ai | langchain-community | up to 0.4.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- langchain-community Vendorlangchain-ai Affected up to 0.4.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2026:84734 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating CriticalRHOAI 3.4.5 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-ai-gateway-payload-processing-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-automl-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-autorag-rhel9 +47
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit Intelligence | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Lightspeed | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:84734 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Migration Toolkit for Applications 8
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72848
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vg8m-4p2q-gcjh
- 2026-10-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:84734 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 · Red Hat
References
More langchain-ai vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-31340 langchain_experimental (aka LangChain Experimental) 0.1.17 through 0.3.0 for LangChain… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-20724 An issue in langchain langchain-ai v.0.0.232 and before allows a remote attacker to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-20706 An issue in LanChain-ai Langchain v.0.0.245 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-20166 An issue in Harrison Chase langchain v.0.0.194 and before allows a remote attacker to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-20136 An issue in LangChain v.0.0.231 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the prompt parameter. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-18185 An issue in langchain v.0.0.171 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-72848 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72848 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vg8m-4p2q-gcjh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72848 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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