8.7 HIGH
- CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Attack Requirement (AT): None (N)
- Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): None (N)
- Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): None (N)
- Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): High (H)
- Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): None (N)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): None (N)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): None (N)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): High (H)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
- Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
- Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
- Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
- Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
- Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
- Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
- Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
- Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
- Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
- Exploit Maturity (E): Not Defined (X)
Activity log
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Chroma 1.5.9 Unbounded HNSW Index Parameters Memory Exhaustion
Chroma 1.5.9 fails to validate maximum bounds on HNSW index parameters max_neighbors, ef_construction, and ef_search in collection-create requests. Unauthenticated attackers can supply arbitrarily large parameter values to exhaust server memory and cause denial of service during index compaction.
References
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GitHub Issue #7225 issue-tracking
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https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/blob/1.5.9/rust/types/src/hnsw_configurat… technical-description
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https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/blob/1.5.9/rust/frontend/src/auth/mod.rs technical-description
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VulnCheck Advisory: Chroma 1.5.9 Unbounded HNSW Index Parameters Memory Exhaustion third-party-advisory
Affected products
- =<1.5.9
Matching in nixpkgs
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General purpose syntax highlighter in pure Go
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AcoustID audio fingerprinting library
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Graphical front-end and tray applet for configuring Razer peripherals on GNU/Linux
pkgs.gnomeExtensions.achroma
Toggle your display to monochrome/grayscale mode with a single click. Useful for reducing eye strain, improving focus, or accessibility.
pkgs.python313Packages.chromadb
AI-native open-source embedding database
pkgs.python314Packages.chromadb
AI-native open-source embedding database
pkgs.python313Packages.chroma-hnswlib
Header-only C++/python library for fast approximate nearest neighbors
pkgs.python314Packages.chroma-hnswlib
Header-only C++/python library for fast approximate nearest neighbors
pkgs.pkgsRocm.python3Packages.chromadb
AI-native open-source embedding database
pkgs.python313Packages.langchain-chroma
Integration package connecting Chroma and LangChain
pkgs.python314Packages.langchain-chroma
Integration package connecting Chroma and LangChain
pkgs.pkgsRocm.python3Packages.langchain-chroma
Integration package connecting Chroma and LangChain
pkgs.python313Packages.llama-index-vector-stores-chroma
LlamaIndex Vector Store Integration for Chroma
pkgs.python314Packages.llama-index-vector-stores-chroma
LlamaIndex Vector Store Integration for Chroma
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nixos-unstable -
- nixos-unstable-small 0.5.5
Package maintainers
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@MiniHarinn Harinn <prinn.dev@pm.me>
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@honnip Jung seungwoo <me@honnip.page>
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@sarahec Sarah Clark <seclark@nextquestion.net>
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@fabaff Fabian Affolter <mail@fabian-affolter.ch>
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@natsukium Tomoya Otabi <nixpkgs@natsukium.com>
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@evanjs Evan Stoll <evanjsx@gmail.com>
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@nadir-ishiguro nadir-ishiguro