Vulnerability in llama-index-readers-papers (CVE-2025-3225)
Summary
Vulnerability in llama-index-readers-papers (CVE-2025-3225). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.3.2 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An XML Entity Expansion vulnerability, also known as a 'billion laughs' attack, exists in the sitemap parser of the run-llama/llama_index repository, specifically affecting the Papers Loaders package before version 0.3.2 (in llama-index v0.10.0 and above through v0.12.29). This vulnerability allows an attacker to supply a malicious Sitemap XML, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting system memory and potentially causing a system crash. The issue is resolved in version 0.3.2 (in llama-index 0.12.29).
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-3225 has been found in llama-index-readers-papers.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade llama-index-readers-papers to 0.3.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "llama-index-readers-papers CVE-2025-3225" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-3225 (llama-index-readers-papers) — CWE-776
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 0.3.2 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-776) exists in llama-index-readers-papers.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of llama-index-readers-papers.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 0.3.2.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'llama-index-readers-papers' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'llama-index-readers-papers' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
llama-index-readers-papersを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade llama-index-readers-papers to 0.3.2ステージング環境で 0.3.2 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web huntr.com