CVE-2025-5472CWE-674

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

Medium · published July 7, 2025

CVSS v3.0
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00388 · 31.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion
Published
2025-07-07T09:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 JUL 09:55Z
    Denial of Service via Uncontrolled Recursive JSON Parsing in JSONReader in run-llama/llama_index
    cvelistv5