CVE-2025-6211 MD5 Hash Collision in run-llama/llama_index

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause data loss and AI hallucinations in llama_index by exploiting MD5 hash collisions in document chunking.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-6211?

CVE-2025-6211 is a medium-severity vulnerability in run-llama/llama_index, published on 10 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the DocugamiReader class of the run-llama/llama_index repository, up to version 0.12.28, involves the use of MD5 hashing to generate IDs for document chunks. This approach leads to hash collisions when structurally distinct chunks contain identical text, resulting in one chunk overwriting another. This can cause loss of semantically or legally important document content, breakage of parent-child chunk hierarchies, and inaccurate or hallucinated responses in AI outputs. The issue is resolved in version 0.3.1.

Weakness: CWE-440

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6211?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including llama-index and llama-index-readers-docugami. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
llama-index PyPIAll versions0.12.41
llama-index PyPIAll versions0.12.41
llama-index PyPIAll versions0.12.41
llama-index-readers-docugami PyPIAll versions0.3.1
llama-index-readers-docugami PyPIAll versions0.3.1
llama-index-readers-docugami PyPIAll versions0.3.1

Products include Llamaindex Llamaindex.

How do I fix CVE-2025-6211?

Upgrade llama-index to 0.12.41 or later.

Is CVE-2025-6211 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-6211 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5hq9-5r78-2gjh, PYSEC-2026-1566, PYSEC-2026-2606.

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