CVE-2025-1752
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 44 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-7c85-87cp-mr6gLlamaIndex Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS)2025-05-10ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2026-1554LlamaIndex Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS)2026-07-07vendor · osvUS
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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references (7)
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- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/commit/3c65db2947271de3bd1927dc66a044da385de4dacnnvd
- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://huntr.com/bounties/cd7b9082-7d75-42e4-84f5-dbee23cbc467cnnvd
- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/commit/3c65db2947271de3bd1927dc66a044da385de4daenisa_euvd
- https://huntr.com/bounties/cd7b9082-7d75-42e4-84f5-dbee23cbc467enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/commit/3c65db2947271de3bd1927dc66a044da385de4daPatchnvd
- https://huntr.com/bounties/cd7b9082-7d75-42e4-84f5-dbee23cbc467ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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