CVE-2024-5998 is a high-severity insecure deserialization vulnerability in langchain-community (pip), affecting versions < 0.2.4. It is fixed in 0.2.4.
A vulnerability in the FAISS.deserializefrombytes function of langchain-ai/langchain allows for pickle deserialization of untrusted data. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary commands via the os.system function. The issue affects versions prior to 0.2.4.
Untrusted serialized data is processed by a deserializer that can instantiate arbitrary objects or execute code as a side effect. Typical impact: arbitrary code execution or logic abuse.
CVE-2024-5998 has a CVSS score of 5.2 (High). The vector is requires physical access, low privileges required, and user interaction required. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment.
A fixed version is available (0.2.4). Upgrading removes the vulnerable code path.
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langchain-community (< 0.2.4)langchain-community → 0.2.4 (pip)Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
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CVE-2024-5998 is a high-severity insecure deserialization vulnerability in langchain-community (pip), affecting versions < 0.2.4. It is fixed in 0.2.4. Untrusted serialized data is processed by a deserializer that can instantiate arbitrary objects or execute code as a side effect.
CVE-2024-5998 has a CVSS score of 5.2 (High). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
langchain-community (pip) versions < 0.2.4 is affected.
Yes. CVE-2024-5998 is fixed in 0.2.4. Upgrade to this version or later.
Whether CVE-2024-5998 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
Upgrade langchain-community to 0.2.4 or later.