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TI-2025-04762 Aliases CVE-2025-5302GHSA-7753-xrfw-ch36

Denial of Service (DOS) in JSONReader in run-llama/llama_index

Priority HIGH 70CWE-674Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-674.

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the JSONReader component of the run-llama/llama_index repository, specifically in version v0.12.37. The vulnerability is caused by uncontrolled recursion when parsing deeply nested JSON files, which can lead to Python hitting its maximum recursion depth limit. This results in high resource consumption and potential crashes of the Python process. The issue is resolved in version 0.12.38.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00285 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed run-llama/llama_index (run-llama): 0.12.38llama-index-core (PyPI): 0.12.38Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
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 0.12.380.12.38Patch availableCNA
—llama-index-core (PyPI)before 0.12.380.12.38Patch availableGHSA-7753-xrfw-ch36
  • run-llama/llama_index Vendorrun-llama Affected before 0.12.38 Fixed in 0.12.38 Patch available CNA
  • llama-index-core (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.12.38 Fixed in 0.12.38 Patch available GHSA-7753-xrfw-ch36

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:llamaindex:llamaindex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——run-llama
  • cpe:2.3:a:llamaindex:llamaindex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·run-llama

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA run-llama/llama_index (run-llama) Fixed in 0.12.38
  • Fix · GHSA-7753-xrfw-ch36 llama-index-core (PyPI) Fixed in 0.12.38 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2025:16514 Released 2025-09-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Container Release Update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel8, ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2025:16514
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5302
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7753-xrfw-ch36

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • 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-2024-02902 Prompt Injection leading to Arbitrary Code Execution in run-llama/llama_index CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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