TI-2024-04840 Aliases CVE-2024-5216 GHSA-f8vg-5x7g-9fr8

Denial of Service in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

HIGH 72CWE-400Published 2024-06-25 · Updated 2024-08-01

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

A vulnerability in mintplex-labs/anything-llm allows for a Denial of Service (DoS) condition due to uncontrolled resource consumption. Specifically, the issue arises from the application's failure to limit the size of usernames, enabling attackers to create users with excessively bulky texts in the username field. This exploit results in the user management panel becoming unresponsive, preventing administrators from performing critical user management actions such as editing, suspending, or deleting users. The impact of this vulnerability includes administrative paralysis, compromised security, and operational disruption, as it allows malicious users to perpetuate their presence within the system indefinitely, undermines the system's security posture, and degrades overall system performance.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00585 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed mintplex-labs/anything-llm (mintplex-labs): 1.0.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
mintplex-labs	mintplex-labs/anything-llm	before 1.0.0	1.0.0	Patch available	CNA

mintplex-labs/anything-llm Vendormintplex-labs Affected before 1.0.0 Fixed in 1.0.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mintplexlabs:anythingllm::::::::	before 1.0.0	Vulnerable	mintplex-labs

cpe:2.3:a:mintplexlabs:anythingllm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.0.0 Vulnerable ·mintplex-labs

Remediation

Fix · CNA mintplex-labs/anything-llm (mintplex-labs) Fixed in 1.0.0

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5216
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f8vg-5x7g-9fr8

References

Exploit 1

https://huntr.com/bounties/8ec14991-ee35-493d-a8d3-21a1cfd57869

Patch 1

https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm/commit/3ef009de73c837f9025df8bba62572885c70c72f

TI-2024-02840 Improper Authorization in mintplex-labs/anything-llm CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
TI-2024-03075 Improper Access Control in mintplex-labs/anything-llm CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2023-05368 Improper Input Validation in mintplex-labs/anything-llm CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2026-19731 AnythingLLM has key leak in `systemSettings.js` CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2024-02907 Remote Code Execution in mintplex-labs/anything-llm CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-02832 Path Traversal in mintplex-labs/anything-llm CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.9

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Sources

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