A vulnerability in imartinez/privategpt version 0.5.0 allows for a Denial of Service (DOS) attack.
Date: 2025-03
Affected: pribai/privategpt
Attack vector: dos
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: High
CVE: CVE-2024-8018
CWE: CWE-770
CVSS: 7.5 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

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.


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