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TI-2025-01509 Aliases CVE-2025-1752GHSA-7c85-87cp-mr6g

Denial of Service in run-llama/llama_index

Priority HIGH 72CWE-674Published · Updated

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 and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-674.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00521 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed run-llama/llama_index (run-llama): 0.3.6llama-index (PyPI): 0.12.21

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
run-llamarun-llama/llama_indexbefore 0.3.60.3.6Patch availableCNA
—llama-index (PyPI)0.12.15 to before 0.12.210.12.21Patch availableGHSA-7c85-87cp-mr6g
  • run-llama/llama_index Vendorrun-llama Affected before 0.3.6 Fixed in 0.3.6 Patch available CNA
  • llama-index (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 0.12.15 to before 0.12.21 Fixed in 0.12.21 Patch available GHSA-7c85-87cp-mr6g

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:llamaindex:llamaindex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.3.6Vulnerablerun-llama
  • cpe:2.3:a:llamaindex:llamaindex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.3.6 Vulnerable ·run-llama

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA run-llama/llama_index (run-llama) Fixed in 0.3.6
  • Fix · GHSA-7c85-87cp-mr6g llama-index (PyPI) Fixed in 0.12.21 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1752
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7c85-87cp-mr6g

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-01545 SQL Injection in run-llama/llama_index CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-01507 SQL Injection in run-llama/llama_index CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-11960 SQL Injection to RCE in run-llama/llama_index CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-11094 SQL Injection in run-llama/llama_index CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-03068 Command Injection in run-llama/llama_index CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-15754 LlamaIndex (aka llama_index) through 0.9.34 allows SQL injection via the Text-to-SQL… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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