# CVE-2024-9229: Denial of Service (DoS) via Multipart Boundary in stangirard/quivr

> Unauthenticated attackers can cause denial of service in Quivr by sending malformed multipart boundaries, exhausting server resources.

- **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:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m76r-xqqj-mqmv, PYSEC-2026-1861

## What is CVE-2024-9229?

CVE-2024-9229 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in stangirard/quivr, published on 20 Mar 2025. 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 in the file upload feature of stangirard/quivr v0.0.298 allows unauthenticated attackers to cause excessive resource consumption by appending characters to the end of a multipart boundary in an HTTP request. This leads to the server continuously processing each character, rendering the service unavailable and impacting all users.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9229?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including quivr-core.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `quivr-core` | PyPI | All versions to 0.0.14 | None |
| `quivr-core` | PyPI | All versions to 0.0.14 | None |
| `quivr-core` | PyPI | All versions to 0.0.14 | None |

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9229?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9229 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9229 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9229 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9229 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9229 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in stangirard/quivr, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9229 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- quivr-core (PyPI): affected all versions up to 0.0.14; no fix listed
- quivr-core (PyPI): affected all versions up to 0.0.14; no fix listed
- quivr-core (PyPI): affected all versions up to 0.0.14; no fix listed

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-2024-9229/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9229/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9229
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9229
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9229

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9229/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.