CVE-2024-7779 (GCVE-0-2024-7779)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-20 10:08 – Updated: 2025-10-15 12:50
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Title
ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) in danswer-ai/danswer
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
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Vendor Product Version
danswer-ai danswer-ai/danswer Affected: unspecified , ≤ latest (custom)
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