CVE-2024-12910 – llama-index

Package

Manager: pip
Name: llama-index
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <0.12.9

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00124 pctl0.32284

Details

LlamaIndex Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability A vulnerability in the `KnowledgeBaseWebReader` class of the run-llama/llama_index repository, version latest, allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by controlling a URL variable to contain the root URL. This leads to infinite recursive calls to the `get_article_urls` method, exhausting system resources and potentially crashing the application.

Metadata

Created: 2025-03-20T12:32:44Z
Modified: 2025-04-02T00:53:41Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/03/GHSA-jvpf-xf32-2w4q/GHSA-jvpf-xf32-2w4q.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-400"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-jvpf-xf32-2w4q
Finding: F067
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