Vulnerability · Published Mar 20, 2025 · Assigned by @huntr_ai
CVE-2024-8018Denial of Service (DOS) in imartinez/privategpt
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity resource allocation without limits 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 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in imartinez/privategpt version 0.5.0 allows for a Denial of Service (DOS) attack. When uploading a file, if an attacker appends a large number of characters to the end of a multipart boundary, the system will continuously process these characters, rendering privateGPT inaccessible. This uncontrolled resource consumption can lead to prolonged unavailability of the service, disrupting operations and causing potential data inaccessibility and loss of productivity.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| imartinez | imartinez/privategpt | unspecified – through latest |
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H