CVE-2025-0182

Denial of Service in danswer-ai/danswer

Published Mar 20, 2025 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in danswer-ai/danswer version 0.9.0 allows for denial of service through memory exhaustion. The issue arises from the use of a vulnerable version of the starlette package (<=0.49) via fastapi, which was patched in fastapi version 0.115.3. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending multiple requests to the /auth/saml/callback endpoint, leading to uncontrolled memory consumption and eventual denial of service.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-6813 A vulnerability in danswer-ai/danswer version 0.9.0 allows for denial of service through memory exhaustion. The issue arises from the use of a vulnerable version of the starlette package (<=0.49) via fastapi, which was patched in fastapi version 0.115.3. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending multiple requests to the /auth/saml/callback endpoint, leading to uncontrolled memory consumption and eventual denial of service.
History
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Weaknesses CWE-400
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Weaknesses CWE-770
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability in danswer-ai/danswer version 0.9.0 allows for denial of service through memory exhaustion. The issue arises from the use of a vulnerable version of the starlette package (<=0.49) via fastapi, which was patched in fastapi version 0.115.3. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending multiple requests to the /auth/saml/callback endpoint, leading to uncontrolled memory consumption and eventual denial of service.
Title Denial of Service in danswer-ai/danswer
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
@huntr_ai
Published
Updated
Oct 15, 2025, 12:50 PM
Reserved
Jan 2, 2025, 8:47 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Mar 20, 2025, 10:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:26 AM