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SCA: security update for llama-index-core (GHSA-488g-hw5f-x29p)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437431

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The `SimpleDirectoryReader` component in `llama_index.core` version 0.12.23 suffers from uncontrolled
 memory consumption due to a resource management flaw. The vulnerability arises because the user-specified
 file limit (`num_files_limit`) is applied after all files in a directory are loaded into memory. This can
 lead to memory exhaustion and degraded performance, particularly in environments with limited resources.
 The issue is resolved in version 0.12.41. (CVE-2025-6208)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-488g-hw5f-x29p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437431

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/3/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6208

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6208

cwe: CWE-400