CVE-2025-5302HIGH 8.6EPSS p17.2%

CVE-2025-5302CVE-2025-5302

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.08.6 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS0.26% probability of exploitation · percentile 17.2% · 2026-06-18T12:00:27Z
Published2025-08-25
Last modified2026-04-15

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-674

References

  1. https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/commit/c032843a02ce38fd8f284b2aa5a37fd1c17ae635
  2. https://huntr.com/bounties/70041b81-de9e-4046-8c0e-6ccd557048a6

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessUncontrolled Recursioncwe-6740%live

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