CVE-2024-5208 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in mintplex-labs/anything-llm

Medium 6.5 Published 19 Jun 2024 Updated 15 Oct 2025

Attackers with Manager role can crash the AnythingLLM server by sending crafted invalid upload requests, causing 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-2024-5208?

CVE-2024-5208 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mintplexlabs Anythingllm, published on 19 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability exists in the `upload-link` endpoint of mintplex-labs/anything-llm. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) by shutting down the server through sending invalid upload requests. Specifically, the server can be made to shut down by sending an empty body with a 'Content-Length: 0' header or by sending a body with arbitrary content, such as 'asdasdasd', with a 'Content-Length: 9' header. The vulnerability is reproducible by users with at least a 'Manager' role, sending a crafted request to any workspace. This issue indicates that a previous fix was not effective in mitigating the vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5208?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mintplexlabs Anythingllm.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5208?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5208 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-2024-5208 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5208 exists.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-fg23-6j5x-j67j.