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

> Attackers with Manager role can crash the AnythingLLM server by sending crafted invalid upload requests, causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fg23-6j5x-j67j

## 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 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5208?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2024-5208 being exploited?

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

## 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-2024-5208 and fix it if it is affected.

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

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-2024-5208/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5208/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5208
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5208
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5208

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