LlamaIndex Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS)
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability has been identified in the KnowledgeBaseWebReader class of the run-llama/llama_index project, affecting version ~ latest(v0.12.15). The vulnerability arises due to inappropriate secure coding measures, specifically the lack of proper implementation of the max_depth parameter in the get_article_urls function. This allows an attacker to exhaust Python's recursion limit through repeated function calls, leading to resource consumption and ultimately crashing the Python process.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-1752US | — | — | ||
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability has been identified in the KnowledgeBaseWebReader class of the run-llama/llama_index project, affecting version ~ latest(v0.12.15). The vuln… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7c85-87cp-mr6gADVISORY
- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_indexPACKAGE
- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/commit/3c65db2947271de3bd1927dc66a044da385de4daWEB
- https://huntr.com/bounties/cd7b9082-7d75-42e4-84f5-dbee23cbc467WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1752ADVISORY
- https://pypi.org/project/llama-indexPACKAGE
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