# CVE-2024-3569: Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

> Attackers can cause denial of service in AnythingLLM by sending crafted headers to a specific endpoint when running in password-protected 'just me' mode.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h9w4-3hv9-j8r3

## What is CVE-2024-3569?

CVE-2024-3569 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 10 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the mintplex-labs/anything-llm repository when the application is running in 'just me' mode with a password. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by making a request to the endpoint using the [validatedRequest] middleware with a specially crafted 'Authorization:' header. This vulnerability leads to uncontrolled resource consumption, causing a DoS condition.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3569?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mintplexlabs Anythingllm.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3569?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3569 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3569 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3569 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm

- [CVE-2024-3025](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3025/): Path Traversal in mintplex-labs/anything-llm (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-0455](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0455/): SSRF on AWS deployed instances of AnythingLLM via /metadata (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-32626](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-32626/): AnythingLLM has a Streaming Phase XSS to RCE via LLM Response Injection (critical 9.7)
- [CVE-2024-3104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3104/): Remote Code Execution in mintplex-labs/anything-llm (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-3149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3149/): SSRF in mintplex-labs/anything-llm (critical 9.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3569 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3569 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 10 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3569 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mintplexlabs Anythingllm. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3569/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3569/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3569
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3569
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3569

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3569/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.