{"data":{"id":"2cce10ef-c527-4da1-98d8-97efff06c1bb","title":"GHSA-7c85-87cp-mr6g: LlamaIndex Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS)","summary":"A Denial of Service vulnerability affects the KnowledgeBaseWebReader class in the run-llama/llama_index project, reported against version ~ latest(v0.12.15). The flaw stems from the max_depth parameter not being properly enforced in the get_article_urls function. An attacker can exhaust Python's recursion limit through repeated function calls, consuming resources and crashing the Python process.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["security"],"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7c85-87cp-mr6g","publishedAt":"2025-05-10T15:30:28.000Z","cveId":"CVE-2025-1752","cweIds":["CWE-400","CWE-674"],"cvssScore":"7.5","cvssSeverity":"high","severity":"high","attackType":["denial_of_service"],"issueType":"vulnerability","affectedPackages":["llama-index@>= 0.12.15, < 0.12.21 (fixed: 0.12.21)"],"affectedPackageNames":["llama-index"],"affectedPackageRefs":["pypi:llama-index"],"affectedVendors":["LlamaIndex"],"affectedVendorsRaw":["LlamaIndex","KnowledgeBaseWebReader"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-5-5","classifierPromptVersion":"v4","summaryPromptVersion":"v2","headline":null,"headlinePromptVersion":null,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","attackVector":"network","attackComplexity":"low","privilegesRequired":"none","userInteraction":"none","exploitMaturity":"unknown","epssScore":0.00521,"epssCheckedAt":"2026-10-10T04:57:11.851Z","kevDateAdded":null,"advisoryAliases":["GHSA-7c85-87cp-mr6g"],"affectedPackagesSource":null,"affectedPackagesCheckedAt":null,"patchAvailable":true,"disclosureDate":"2025-05-10T15:30:28.000Z","capecIds":["CAPEC-125","CAPEC-130"],"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"trivial","impactType":["availability"],"aiComponentTargeted":"framework","llmSpecific":false,"classifierConfidence":0.9,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}