CVE-2024-11173 Unhandled Exception in danny-avila/librechat
An attacker can crash the LibreChat server by sending malformed input to API endpoints, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-11173?
CVE-2024-11173 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Librechat Librechat, published on 20 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An unhandled exception in the danny-avila/librechat repository, version git 600d217, can cause the server to crash, leading to a full denial of service. This issue occurs when certain API endpoints receive malformed input, resulting in an uncaught exception. Although a valid JWT is required to exploit this vulnerability, LibreChat allows open registration, enabling unauthenticated attackers to create an account and perform the attack. The issue is fixed in version 0.7.6.
Weakness: CWE-248
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11173?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Librechat Librechat.
How do I fix CVE-2024-11173?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11173 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-11173 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-11173 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Librechat Librechat
- CVE-2026-32625 LibreChat Exfiltrates Server Secrets via MCP Server URL Injection
- CVE-2024-11167 Improper Access Control in danny-avila/librechat
- CVE-2026-22252 LibreChat MCP Stdio Remote Command Execution
- CVE-2025-69222 LibreChat is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery due to missing restrictions
- CVE-2024-41704 Path traversal in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xfjg-gcvp-vw7p.