GHSA-7c85-87cp-mr6g
LlamaIndex Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS)
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | llama-index | >= 0.12.15, < 0.12.21 | 0.12.21 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
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.
References
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