Path Traversal in langchain-ai/langchainjs
A path traversal vulnerability exists in the `getFullPath` method of langchain-ai/langchainjs version 0.2.5. This vulnerability allows attackers to save files anywhere in the filesystem, overwrite existing text files, read `.txt` files, and delete files. The vulnerability is exploited through the `setFileContent`, `getParsedFile`, and `mdelete` methods, which do not properly sanitize user input.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2024-7774
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- 4 Nov 2026, 02:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Path Traversal in langchain-ai/langchainjs
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 29 Oct 2024, 12:49 UTC
A path traversal vulnerability exists in the `getFullPath` method of langchain-ai/langchainjs version 0.2.5. This vulnerability allows attackers to save files anywhere in the filesystem, overwrite existing text files, read `.txt` files, and delete files. The vulnerability is exploited through the `setFileContent`, `getParsedFile`, and `mdelete` methods, which do not properly sanitize user input.
osv:CVE-2024-7774
Complete source record
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