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.
Published: 2025-03-20
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-770

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:15:00 +0000

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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntr_ai

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-15T12:50:03.590Z

Reserved: 2025-01-02T20:47:45.796Z

Link: CVE-2025-0182

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-20T14:41:43.164Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-03-20T10:15:50.910

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-0182

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-770

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling