SCA: security update for llama-index (GHSA-jvpf-xf32-2w4q)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421211

Description

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

- 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. (CVE-2024-12910)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jvpf-xf32-2w4q

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421211

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/22/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12910

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-12910