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Denial of Service in run-llama/llama_index

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2024-12910
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 21:56 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Denial of Service in run-llama/llama_index

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Mar 2025, 10:09 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2024-12910
Complete source record
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