{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2025-10-06T17:58:29Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "langchain-text-splitters: XXE Vulnerability in langchain-text-splitters",
    "id" : "2401958",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401958"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-611",
  "details" : [ "The HTMLSectionSplitter class in langchain-text-splitters version 0.3.8 is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due to unsafe XSLT parsing. This vulnerability arises because the class allows the use of arbitrary XSLT stylesheets, which are parsed using lxml.etree.parse() and lxml.etree.XSLT() without any hardening measures. In lxml versions up to 4.9.x, external entities are resolved by default, allowing attackers to read arbitrary local files or perform outbound HTTP(S) fetches. In lxml versions 5.0 and above, while entity expansion is disabled, the XSLT document() function can still read any URI unless XSLTAccessControl is applied. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to gain read-only access to any file the LangChain process can reach, including sensitive files such as SSH keys, environment files, source code, or cloud metadata. No authentication, special privileges, or user interaction are required, and the issue is exploitable in default deployments that enable custom XSLT.", "An XML external entity reference vulnerability has been discovered in the python langchain-text-splitters package. This vulnerability arises because the class allows the use of arbitrary XSLT stylesheets, which are parsed using lxml.etree.parse() and lxml.etree.XSLT() without any hardening measures. In lxml versions up to 4.9.x, external entities are resolved by default, allowing attackers to read arbitrary local files or perform outbound HTTP(S) fetches. In lxml versions 5.0 and above, while entity expansion is disabled, the XSLT document() function can still read any URI unless XSLTAccessControl is applied. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to gain read-only access to any file the LangChain process can reach, including sensitive files such as SSH keys, environment files, source code, or cloud metadata. No authentication, special privileges, or user interaction are required, and the issue is exploitable in default deployments that enable custom XSLT." ],
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    "release_date" : "2025-10-22T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2025:18984",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8",
    "package" : "ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8:2.5.250924-2"
  } ],
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    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_lightspeed"
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  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6985\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6985\nhttps://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/pull/31819\nhttps://huntr.com/bounties/cf78abbb-df3b-43de-b6ee-132b73ff8331" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2025-6985",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}