Vulnerability in Danswer-Ai Danswer-Ai/danswer

CVE-2024-7779

A vulnerability in danswer-ai/danswer version 1 allows an attacker to perform a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) by manipulating regular expressions. This can significantly slow down the application's response time and potentially render it completely unusable.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-7779: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-7779?
CVE-2024-7779 is a high-severity vulnerability in Danswer-Ai Danswer-Ai/danswer, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-7779?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.