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SCA: security update for llama-index-readers-papers (GHSA-w42r-mrx7-c633)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428305

Description

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

 - An XML Entity Expansion vulnerability, also known as a 'billion laughs' attack, exists in the sitemap
 parser of the run-llama/llama_index repository, specifically affecting version v0.12.21. This
 vulnerability allows an attacker to supply a malicious Sitemap XML, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS)
 by exhausting system memory and potentially causing a system crash. The issue is resolved in version
 v0.12.29. (CVE-2025-3225)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w42r-mrx7-c633

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428305

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/8/2025

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-3225

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: 7/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-3225

cwe: CWE-776