CVE-2025-5472 Information

Description

The JSONReader in run-llama/llama_index versions 0.12.28 is vulnerable to a stack overflow due to uncontrolled recursive JSON parsing. This vulnerability allows attackers to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by submitting deeply nested JSON structures leading to a RecursionError and crashing applications. The root cause is the unsafe recursive traversal design and lack of depth validation which makes the JSONReader susceptible to stack overflow when processing deeply nested JSON. This impacts the availability of services making them unreliable and disrupting workflows. The issue is resolved in version 0.12.38.

Reference

https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/commit/c032843a02ce38fd8f284b2aa5a37fd1c17ae635 https://huntr.com/bounties/df187bda-7911-4823-a19a-e15b2c66b0d4