PT-2025-12193 · Answer · Answer

Published 2025-03-20 · Updated 2025-03-22 · CVE-2024-7779

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions danswer-ai/danswer version 1

Description A vulnerability 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.

Recommendations For danswer-ai/danswer version 1, consider restricting the use of regular expressions to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using complex regular expressions in the application to prevent significant slowdowns or complete unavailability.

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-7779

Affected Products

Answer

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7779 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1903336839894757397 · Twitter Post
• https://huntr.com/bounties/829f7d9f-8755-4362-bd40-801e4690dcdc · Note