danswer-ai danswer Starlette Package resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in danswer-ai danswer. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Starlette Package. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-0182. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in danswer-ai danswer (version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Starlette Package. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at huntr.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-0182 since 01/02/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: huntr.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0182 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0182
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-300356

Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2025 14:45
Changes: 03/20/2025 14:45 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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