Is CVE-2024-5998 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-5998 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-5998?

CVE-2024-5998 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-5998?

CVE-2024-5998 has an EPSS score of 0.36% (28th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5998?

Upgrade langchain to 0.2.9 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-5998

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability in the FAISS.deserialize_from_bytes function of langchain-ai/langchain allows for pickle deserialization of untrusted data. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary commands via the os.system function. The issue affects the latest version of the product.

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data

How to fix

Remediation Available

langchainNVD

Affected:< 0.2.9Fixed in:0.2.9CVE-2024-5998derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

28thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 28% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

huntr.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-0669	High	7.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-35464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-29300	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2025-53770	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-47986	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-07-30.