Vulnerability · Published Mar 20, 2025 · Assigned by @huntr_ai

CVE-2024-12063Denial of Service in imartinez/privategpt

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in imartinez/privategpt from imartinez. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the file upload feature of imartinez/privategpt version v0.6.2. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of form-data with a large filename in the file upload request. An attacker can exploit this by sending a payload with an excessively large filename, causing the server to become overwhelmed and unavailable to legitimate users.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
imartinez	imartinez/privategpt	unspecified – through latest

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://huntr.com/bounties/7db0091f-cb53-4cde-aad7-7ce491dfd8d9