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CVE-2024-12910: Denial of Service in run-llama/llama_index

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-674

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.

Affected products

• run-llama/llama_index: before 0.12.9 — fixed in 0.12.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: run-llama/llama_index 0.12.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/commit/159ce485a1168100bb219dc1b93133f1121579d9
• https://huntr.com/bounties/27883f22-35ff-49df-aaa5-05031c7d6ad8
• https://huntr.com/bounties/27883f22-35ff-49df-aaa5-05031c7d6ad8

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