CVE-2024-7779

Summary

CVE-2024-7779 is a vulnerability impacting the danswer-ai/danswer version 1. An attacker can exploit this issue by manipulating regular expressions, leading to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). This attack can slow down the application's response time substantially and even make it unusable. The vulnerability poses a significant threat, as it may result in denial-of-service conditions that impact the availability and performance of affected systems. Users are advised to update to the latest version of danswer-ai/danswer to mitigate this risk.

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