VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-9556

Gonja supports include and extends syntax to read files, which leads to a server side template injection vulnerability within langchaingo, allowing an attacker to insert a statement into a prompt to read the "etc/passwd" file.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.67%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Langchaingo supports the use of jinja2 syntax when parsing prompts, which is in turn parsed using the gonja library v1.5.3. Gonja supports include and extends syntax to read files, which leads to a server side template injection vulnerability within langchaingo, allowing an attacker to insert a statement into a prompt to read the "etc/passwd" file.

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.67% probability · 50th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Source: cret@cert.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.