Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2023-44467

LangChain Experimental '__import__' Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Aug 20, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 20, 2025 · LangChain Experimental '__import__' Arbitrary

Patch now

CVE-2023-44467 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm LangChain Experimental '__import__' Arbitrary against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (LangChain Experimental '__import__' Arbitrary).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.04%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor langchain langchain_experimental

langchain_experimental (aka LangChain Experimental) in LangChain before 0.0.306 allows an attacker to bypass the CVE-2023-36258 fix and execute arbitrary code via __import__ in Python code, which is not prohibited by pal_chain/base.py.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor langchain langchain_experimentalversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-44467

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-44467 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm LangChain Experimental '__import__' Arbitrary against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.04%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 20, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    langchain_experimental (aka LangChain Experimental) in LangChain before 0.0.306 allows an attacker to bypass the CVE-2023-36258 fix and execute arbitrary code via __import__ in Python code, which is not prohibited by pal_chain/base.py.

  2. Aug 20, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-44467

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-44467

    30-day exploitation probability 1.0%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-44467

    langchain_experimental (aka LangChain Experimental) in LangChain before 0.0.306 allows an attacker to bypass the CVE-2023-36258 fix and execute arbitrary code via __import__ in Python code, which is not prohibited by pal_chain/base.py.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.