CVE-2025-6208 (GCVE-0-2025-6208)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-02 10:36 – Updated: 2026-02-02 17:46
VLAI
Title
Uncontrolled Memory Consumption in run-llama/llama_index
Summary
The `SimpleDirectoryReader` component in `llama_index.core` version 0.12.23 suffers from uncontrolled memory consumption due to a resource management flaw. The vulnerability arises because the user-specified file limit (`num_files_limit`) is applied after all files in a directory are loaded into memory. This can lead to memory exhaustion and degraded performance, particularly in environments with limited resources. The issue is resolved in version 0.12.41.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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References
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Vendor Product Version
run-llama run-llama/llama_index Affected: unspecified , < 0.12.41 (custom)
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