LangChain is a framework for building agents and LLM-powered applications. Prior to langchain-text-splitters 1.1.2, HTMLHeaderTextSplitter.split_text_from_url() validated the initial URL using validate_safe_url() but then performed the fetch with requests.get() with redirects enabled (the default). Because redirect targets were not revalidated, a URL pointing to an attacker-controlled server could redirect to internal, localhost, or cloud metadata endpoints, bypassing SSRF protections. The response body is parsed and returned as Document objects to the calling application code. Whether this constitutes a data exfiltration path depends on the application: if it exposes Document contents (or derivatives) back to the requester who supplied the URL, sensitive data from internal endpoints could be leaked. Applications that store or process Documents internally without returning raw content to the requester are not directly exposed to data exfiltration through this issue. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.2.
History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Langchain
Langchain langchain-text-splitters
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:langchain:langchain-text-splitters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Langchain
Langchain langchain-text-splitters

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Langchain-ai
Langchain-ai langchain-text-splitters
Vendors & Products Langchain-ai
Langchain-ai langchain-text-splitters

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description LangChain is a framework for building agents and LLM-powered applications. Prior to langchain-text-splitters 1.1.2, HTMLHeaderTextSplitter.split_text_from_url() validated the initial URL using validate_safe_url() but then performed the fetch with requests.get() with redirects enabled (the default). Because redirect targets were not revalidated, a URL pointing to an attacker-controlled server could redirect to internal, localhost, or cloud metadata endpoints, bypassing SSRF protections. The response body is parsed and returned as Document objects to the calling application code. Whether this constitutes a data exfiltration path depends on the application: if it exposes Document contents (or derivatives) back to the requester who supplied the URL, sensitive data from internal endpoints could be leaked. Applications that store or process Documents internally without returning raw content to the requester are not directly exposed to data exfiltration through this issue. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.2.
Title LangChain: HTMLHeaderTextSplitter.split_text_from_url SSRF Redirect Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-04-24T20:54:27.713Z

Updated: 2026-04-25T01:54:16.304Z

Reserved: 2026-04-20T16:14:19.006Z

Link: CVE-2026-41481

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-25T01:54:12.851Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-24T21:16:19.490

Modified: 2026-04-28T15:43:13.700

Link: CVE-2026-41481

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-04-24T20:54:27Z

Links: CVE-2026-41481 - Bugzilla