High severity · published Mar 20, 2025
CVE-2024-7779
ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) in danswer-ai/danswer
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DA
danswer-ai/danswer · danswer-ai
through latest · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7779
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7779
huntr.com
https://huntr.com/bounties/829f7d9f-8755-4362-bd40-801e4690dcdc
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