CVE-2024-8018 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2024-8018

Denial of Service (DOS) in imartinez/privategpt

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

imartinez/privategpt
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: March 20th, 2025
Last Modified: October 15th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-770

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1498 Network Denial of Service
Impact
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion
T1046 Network Service Discovery
Discovery