What is CVE-2025-5472?

CVE-2025-5472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Llamaindex, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-07-07.

How severe is CVE-2025-5472?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Llamaindex

CVE-2025-5472

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 JSO…

EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Llamaindex
Run-llama Run-llama/llama_index — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

security@huntr.dev (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
security@huntr.dev (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5472?: CVE-2025-5472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Llamaindex, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-5472?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.