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High · 7.3 CVE-2025-7647 EUVD-2025-31429GHSA-cr7q-2w66-hjcmPYSEC-2026-1562

Insecure Temporary File Handling in run-llama/llama_index

Published Sep 27, 2025 · Updated Sep 29, 2025 · Assigned by @huntr_ai

Description

The llama-index-core package, up to version 0.12.44, contains a vulnerability in the `get_cache_dir()` function where a predictable, hardcoded directory path `/tmp/llama_index` is used on Linux systems without proper security controls. This vulnerability allows attackers on multi-user systems to steal proprietary models, poison cached embeddings, or conduct symlink attacks. The issue affects all Linux deployments where multiple users share the same system. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-379, CWE-377, and CWE-367, indicating insecure temporary file creation and potential race conditions.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
run-llama run-llama/llama_index unspecified – < v0.13.0 v0.13.0

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI llama-index-core < 0.13.0 0.13.0 GHSA-cr7q-2w66-hjcm

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