CVE-2024-8018 json
Denial of Service (DOS) in imartinez/privategpt
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-6936
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
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Check with FencerCISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Exploits and checks
- huntr.com https://huntr.com/bounties/0661fa3b-bea4-4156-abed-a65d51958505 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- imartinez imartinez/privategpt
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
-
huntr.com
/bounties/0661fa3b-bea4-4156-abed-a65d51958505
exploit, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-8018
- NVD CVE-2024-8018
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