# CVE-2024-12910: LlamaIndex Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-12910-llamaindex-uncontrolled-resource-consumption-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-03-20  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/llama-index). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/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

  ```sh
  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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