CVE-2024-8018 HIGH

CVE-2024-8018: Denial of Service (DOS) in imartinez/privategpt

Vendor Imartinez
Product imartinez/privategpt
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published March 20, 2025
Last update October 15, 2025

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in imartinez/privategpt version 0.5.0 allows for a Denial of Service (DOS) attack. When uploading a file, if an attacker appends a large number of characters to the end of a multipart boundary, the system will continuously process these characters, rendering privateGPT inaccessible. This uncontrolled resource consumption can lead to prolonged unavailability of the service, disrupting operations and causing potential data inaccessibility and loss of productivity.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 20, 2025 CVE published
October 15, 2025 Record updated