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CVE-2024-12910

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductLlamaindex
PublishedMar 20, 2025
First seenMar 20, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-674CWE-674

How to fix

Update
  • llamaindex llamaindex0.12.9 or later
  • llama-index0.12.9 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
llamaindex llamaindexv < 0.12.90.12.9
llama-indexPyPIv < 0.12.90.12.9

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