CVE-2025-68664

LangChain serialization injection vulnerability enables secret extraction in dumps/loads APIs

Published Dec 23, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 42.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
LangChain is a framework for building agents and LLM-powered applications. Prior to versions 0.3.81 and 1.2.5, a serialization injection vulnerability exists in LangChain's dumps() and dumpd() functions. The functions do not escape dictionaries with 'lc' keys when serializing free-form dictionaries. 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 versions 0.3.81 and 1.2.5.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-c67j-w6g6-q2cm LangChain serialization injection vulnerability enables secret extraction in dumps/loads APIs
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Langchain
Langchain langchain Core
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:langchain:langchain_core:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
Vendors & Products Langchain
Langchain langchain Core
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Langchain-ai
Langchain-ai langchain
Vendors & Products Langchain-ai
Langchain-ai langchain
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description LangChain is a framework for building agents and LLM-powered applications. Prior to versions 0.3.81 and 1.2.5, a serialization injection vulnerability exists in LangChain's dumps() and dumpd() functions. The functions do not escape dictionaries with 'lc' keys when serializing free-form dictionaries. 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 versions 0.3.81 and 1.2.5.
Title LangChain serialization injection vulnerability enables secret extraction in dumps/loads APIs
Weaknesses CWE-502
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Dec 24, 2025, 2:40 PM
Reserved
Dec 22, 2025, 11:28 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Dec 23, 2025, 11:15 PM
Modified
Oct 19, 2026, 10:10 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Dec 23, 2025, 10:47 PM