fix(checkpoint): restrict lc:2 envelope revival to default constructor (#7892)

## Summary

Restricts lc:2 JSON envelope revival in `JsonPlusSerializer` to the
default constructor; the `method` field is now ignored. Adds a
`logger.warning` when the default constructor raises so legacy payloads
that previously fell back to `construct(**kwargs)` are observable
instead of silently degrading.

## Test plan

- [x] `make format` / `make lint` / `make test` from `libs/checkpoint`
This commit is contained in:
Nick Hollon
2026-05-22 12:51:21 -04:00
committed by GitHub
parent 82b3872820
commit 346aa97425
2 changed files with 220 additions and 53 deletions
@@ -157,27 +157,6 @@ class JsonPlusSerializer(SerializerProtocol):
)
return clone
def _encode_constructor_args(
self,
constructor: Callable | type[Any],
*,
method: None | str | Sequence[None | str] = None,
args: Sequence[Any] | None = None,
kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> dict[str, Any]:
out = {
"lc": 2,
"type": "constructor",
"id": (*constructor.__module__.split("."), constructor.__name__),
}
if method is not None:
out["method"] = method
if args is not None:
out["args"] = args
if kwargs is not None:
out["kwargs"] = kwargs
return out
def _reviver(self, value: dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
if (
value.get("lc", None) == 2
@@ -203,45 +182,46 @@ class JsonPlusSerializer(SerializerProtocol):
self._check_allowed_json_modules(value)
[*module, name] = value["id"]
# The `method` field on lc:2 envelopes is intentionally ignored.
# Revival is restricted to the default constructor (no `getattr`
# dispatch on attacker-influenced names). The framework's own
# encoder has not emitted `method=` since the msgpack migration,
# and the only legacy emission was `method=(None, "construct")`
# for pydantic models, where the first entry (`None`) already
# meant "default constructor", which is what we do here.
try:
mod = importlib.import_module(".".join(module))
cls = getattr(mod, name)
method = value.get("method")
if isinstance(method, str):
methods = [getattr(cls, method)]
elif isinstance(method, list):
methods = [cls if m is None else getattr(cls, m) for m in method]
else:
methods = [cls]
if isclass(cls) and issubclass(cls, BaseException):
return None
args = value.get("args")
kwargs = value.get("kwargs")
for method in methods:
try:
if isclass(method) and issubclass(method, BaseException):
return None
if args and kwargs:
return method(*args, **kwargs)
elif args:
return method(*args)
elif kwargs:
return method(**kwargs)
else:
return method()
except Exception:
continue
except Exception:
if args and kwargs:
return cls(*args, **kwargs)
elif args:
return cls(*args)
elif kwargs:
return cls(**kwargs)
else:
return cls()
except Exception as exc:
# Method-field dispatch has been removed (GHSA-fjqc-hq36-qh5p), so
# legacy pydantic payloads emitting `method=[None, "construct"]`
# no longer fall back to `cls.construct(**kwargs)` when the
# default constructor rejects the serialized kwargs. Surface a
# one-line warning so operators can spot payloads that now revive
# to `None` instead of silently degrading to the raw envelope.
logger.warning(
"Failed to revive lc:2 envelope %s "
"(legacy_method_field=%s, error=%s); returning None",
".".join((*module, name)),
"method" in value,
type(exc).__name__,
)
return None
def _check_allowed_json_modules(self, value: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
needed = tuple(value["id"])
method = value.get("method")
if isinstance(method, list):
method_display = ",".join(m or "<init>" for m in method)
elif isinstance(method, str):
method_display = method
else:
method_display = "<init>"
dotted = ".".join(needed)
# Safe types (the same set already allowed for msgpack deserialization) are
# permitted without an explicit allowlist — they are known-safe LangGraph and
@@ -252,7 +232,7 @@ class JsonPlusSerializer(SerializerProtocol):
if not self._allowed_json_modules:
raise InvalidModuleError(
f"Refused to deserialize JSON constructor: {dotted} (method: {method_display}). "
f"Refused to deserialize JSON constructor: {dotted}. "
"No allowed_json_modules configured.\n\n"
"Unblock with ONE of:\n"
f" • JsonPlusSerializer(allowed_json_modules=[{needed!r}, ...])\n"
@@ -267,7 +247,7 @@ class JsonPlusSerializer(SerializerProtocol):
return
raise InvalidModuleError(
f"Refused to deserialize JSON constructor: {dotted} (method: {method_display}). "
f"Refused to deserialize JSON constructor: {dotted}. "
"Symbol is not in the deserialization allowlist.\n\n"
"Add exactly this symbol to unblock:\n"
f" JsonPlusSerializer(allowed_json_modules=[{needed!r}, ...])\n"
+187
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@@ -398,6 +398,193 @@ def test_deserde_invalid_module() -> None:
serde.loads_typed(("json", json.dumps(load).encode("utf-8")))
def test_lc2_json_method_field_is_ignored() -> None:
"""The `method` field on lc=2 envelopes is ignored.
Regression test for GHSA-fjqc-hq36-qh5p: `_revive_lc2` previously resolved
`getattr(cls, method)` from the envelope, which let an attacker pivot a
safe pydantic class (e.g., AIMessage) to `parse_raw(..., allow_pickle=True)`
and reach `pickle.loads`. Revival now uses only the default constructor.
Verifies that an envelope carrying ``method="parse_raw"`` does not dispatch
to that method: the result is whatever ``AIMessage(*args, **kwargs)`` would
produce, which proves the default constructor ran instead of ``parse_raw``.
"""
from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage
serde = JsonPlusSerializer()
load = {
"lc": 2,
"type": "constructor",
"id": ["langchain_core", "messages", "ai", "AIMessage"],
"method": "parse_raw",
"args": ["default-ctor-ran"],
"kwargs": {"content_type": "application/pickle", "allow_pickle": True},
}
result = serde._revive_lc2(load)
# Default constructor accepts `content` as first positional arg. If parse_raw
# had been invoked instead, it would have attempted JSON/pickle parsing and
# raised (or executed the pickle gadget); neither would produce this result.
assert isinstance(result, AIMessage)
assert result.content == "default-ctor-ran"
def test_lc2_json_method_field_is_ignored_for_allowlisted_types() -> None:
"""The `method` field is ignored even when the class is explicitly allowlisted.
A user who configures ``allowed_json_modules`` for a class no longer gets
method dispatch as a side effect. Revival is restricted to the default
constructor regardless of how the class reached the revival path.
"""
from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage
serde = JsonPlusSerializer(
allowed_json_modules=[("langchain_core.messages.ai", "AIMessage")]
)
load = {
"lc": 2,
"type": "constructor",
"id": ["langchain_core", "messages", "ai", "AIMessage"],
"method": "parse_raw",
"args": ["default-ctor-ran"],
}
result = serde._revive_lc2(load)
assert isinstance(result, AIMessage)
assert result.content == "default-ctor-ran"
def test_lc2_json_safe_type_init_still_works() -> None:
"""SAFE-type lc=2 revival without a `method` field still constructs the class."""
from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage
serde = JsonPlusSerializer()
load = {
"lc": 2,
"type": "constructor",
"id": ["langchain_core", "messages", "ai", "AIMessage"],
"kwargs": {"content": "hi", "type": "ai"},
}
result = serde._revive_lc2(load)
assert isinstance(result, AIMessage)
assert result.content == "hi"
def test_lc2_json_legacy_pydantic_method_list_falls_back_to_default() -> None:
"""Legacy ``method=(None, "construct")`` envelopes still revive via the default ctor.
Pre-October-2025 langgraph emitted pydantic models with
``method=(None, "construct")`` meaning "try default constructor, fall back
to pydantic ``construct``". The first entry (``None``) was always the
default constructor, which is what we now do unconditionally. Envelopes of
this shape continue to revive correctly as long as the default constructor
accepts the serialized kwargs.
"""
from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage
serde = JsonPlusSerializer()
load = {
"lc": 2,
"type": "constructor",
"id": ["langchain_core", "messages", "ai", "AIMessage"],
"method": [None, "construct"],
"kwargs": {"content": "legacy", "type": "ai"},
}
result = serde._revive_lc2(load)
assert isinstance(result, AIMessage)
assert result.content == "legacy"
def test_lc2_json_legacy_construct_payload_logs_warning_when_default_init_rejects(
caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
) -> None:
"""Legacy `method=[None, "construct"]` envelopes whose kwargs the default
`__init__` rejects now revive to `None` and emit an observable warning.
Pre-October-2025 langgraph emitted pydantic payloads with
`method=[None, "construct"]` so the reviver could fall back to
`cls.construct(**kwargs)` when the default constructor raised a
validation error. That fallback was removed with method-field dispatch
(GHSA-fjqc-hq36-qh5p), so these payloads now silently fail validation. A
`logger.warning` makes the regression observable to operators instead of
letting the envelope quietly degrade to its raw-dict form.
"""
serde = JsonPlusSerializer()
load = {
"lc": 2,
"type": "constructor",
"id": ["langchain_core", "messages", "ai", "AIMessage"],
# Legacy two-entry method tuple: try default ctor, fall back to construct.
"method": [None, "construct"],
# ``type="not-a-real-message-type"`` fails AIMessage's Literal["ai"]
# validator under the default constructor. Before the GHSA patch this
# would have fallen back to ``cls.construct(**kwargs)``; now it must
# return None and log.
"kwargs": {"content": "legacy", "type": "not-a-real-message-type"},
}
with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="langgraph.checkpoint.serde.jsonplus"):
result = serde._revive_lc2(load)
assert result is None, (
"Legacy method=[None, 'construct'] payloads with kwargs the default "
"ctor rejects must now return None (no construct() fallback)."
)
matching = [
r
for r in caplog.records
if r.name == "langgraph.checkpoint.serde.jsonplus"
and r.levelno == logging.WARNING
and "langchain_core.messages.ai.AIMessage" in r.getMessage()
and "legacy_method_field=True" in r.getMessage()
]
assert matching, (
"Expected a WARNING from langgraph.checkpoint.serde.jsonplus "
"referencing the class id and legacy_method_field=True; "
f"got records: {[(r.name, r.levelname, r.getMessage()) for r in caplog.records]}"
)
def test_lc2_json_safe_type_pickle_payload_does_not_execute() -> None:
"""End-to-end: a `parse_raw` pickle gadget payload on a SAFE type must not run.
With method dispatch removed from `_revive_lc2`, the gadget bytes are never
passed to `parse_raw` and therefore never reach `pickle.loads`.
"""
import os
import pickle
import tempfile
marker = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
prefix="lc2_block_proof_", suffix=".out", delete=False
).name
os.remove(marker) # ensure absent before the test runs
class _Gadget:
def __reduce__(self) -> tuple:
return (os.system, (f"touch {marker}",))
gadget_bytes = pickle.dumps(_Gadget(), protocol=0).decode("latin1")
envelope = {
"lc": 2,
"type": "constructor",
"id": ["langchain_core", "messages", "ai", "AIMessage"],
"method": "parse_raw",
"args": [gadget_bytes],
"kwargs": {"content_type": "application/pickle", "allow_pickle": True},
}
serde = JsonPlusSerializer()
try:
serde.loads_typed(("json", json.dumps(envelope).encode()))
except Exception:
pass
assert not os.path.exists(marker), (
"Pickle gadget executed via parse_raw on AIMessage lc=2 envelope"
)
def test_serde_jsonplus_bytearray() -> None:
serde = JsonPlusSerializer()