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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2025-5472 EUVD-2025-20209GHSA-3wxx-q3gv-pvvvPYSEC-2025-251PYSEC-2026-1559

Denial of Service via Uncontrolled Recursive JSON Parsing in JSONReader in run-llama/llama_index

Published Jul 7, 2025 · Updated Jul 7, 2025 · Assigned by @huntr_ai

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
run-llama run-llama/llama_index unspecified – < 0.12.38 0.12.38

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI llama-index >= 0.12.28, < 0.12.38 0.12.38 PYSEC-2025-251
PyPI llama-index-core < 0.12.38 0.12.38 GHSA-3wxx-q3gv-pvvv

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