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LlamaIndex Retrievers Integration: DuckDBRetriever SQL Injection

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 20, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 28, 2025

Package

pip llama-index-retrievers-duckdb-retriever (pip)

Affected versions

< 0.4.0

Patched versions

0.4.0

Description

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the duckdb_retriever component of the run-llama/llama_index repository, specifically in llama-index-retrievers-duckdb-retriever prior to v0.4.0. The vulnerability arises from the construction of SQL queries without using prepared statements, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary SQL code. This can lead to remote code execution (RCE) by installing the shellfs extension and executing malicious commands.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 20, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 20, 2025
Reviewed May 28, 2025
Last updated May 28, 2025

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(45th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-11958

GHSA ID

GHSA-339r-cjv9-x78g

Source code

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