CVE-2024-12910: LlamaIndex Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

CVE-2024-12910 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-03-20

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.

Technologies: llama-index (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2024-12910 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-12910 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2024-12910?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 20 March 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
llama-index (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.12.9, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=159ce485a1168100bb219dc1b93133f1121579d9|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.12.9.
Is there a fix for CVE-2024-12910?
Yes. llama-index (PyPI): upgrade to 0.12.9 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2024-12910?
Check whether you run llama-index (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • llama-index (PyPI): upgrade to 0.12.9 or later
    pip install "llama-index>=0.12.9"

Affected products

  • llama-index (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.12.9, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=159ce485a1168100bb219dc1b93133f1121579d9|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.12.9

Identifiers

  • CVE-2024-12910
  • GHSA-jvpf-xf32-2w4q
  • PYSEC-2025-11

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