Resource exhaustion in Danswer-Ai Danswer-Ai/danswer
CVE-2025-0182
A vulnerability in danswer-ai/danswer version 0.9.0 allows for denial of service through memory exhaustion. The issue arises from the use of a vulnerable version of the starlette package (<=0.49) via fastapi, which was patched in fastapi version 0.115.3. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending multiple requests to the /auth/saml/callback endpoint, leading to uncontrolled memory consumption and eventual denial of service.
EPSS: 0.007 (48.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Danswer-ai Danswer-ai/danswer — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-0182?
- CVE-2025-0182 is a high-severity vulnerability in Danswer-Ai Danswer-Ai/danswer, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-03-20.
- How severe is CVE-2025-0182?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.