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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2025-6208 EUVD-2025-206599GHSA-488g-hw5f-x29pPYSEC-2026-1560

Uncontrolled Memory Consumption in run-llama/llama_index

Published Feb 2, 2026 · Updated Feb 2, 2026 · Assigned by @huntr_ai

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
run-llama run-llama/llama_index unspecified – < 0.12.41 0.12.41

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI llama-index-core < 0.12.41 0.12.41 GHSA-488g-hw5f-x29p

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