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High · 8.7 CVE-2024-58340 EUVD-2026-2399GHSA-pq2w-3m7x-qx76PYSEC-2026-75

LangChain <= 0.3.1 MRKLOutputParser ReDoS

Published Jan 12, 2026 · Updated Jul 14, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

LangChain versions up to and including 0.3.1 contain a regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the MRKLOutputParser.parse() method (libs/langchain/langchain/agents/mrkl/output_parser.py). The parser applies a backtracking-prone regular expression when extracting tool actions from model output. An attacker who can supply or influence the parsed text (for example via prompt injection in downstream applications that pass LLM output directly into MRKLOutputParser.parse()) can trigger excessive CPU consumption by providing a crafted payload, causing significant parsing delays and a denial-of-service condition.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
LangChain AI LangChain ≤ 0.3.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI langchain-exa < 1.0.0a1 1.0.0a1 PYSEC-2026-75

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