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CVE-2024-7779: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) in danswer-ai/danswer

7.5 CVSS

Description

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-7779

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected Products

Vendor: danswer-ai

Product: danswer-ai/danswer

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.01% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7779
https://huntr.com/bounties/829f7d9f-8755-4362-bd40-801e4690dcdc

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