CVE-2024-11958: LlamaIndex Retrievers Integration: DuckDBRetriever SQL Injection
A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the duckdbretriever component of the run-llama/llamaindex repository, specifically in llama-index-retrievers-duckdb-retriever prior to v0.4.0. The vulnerability arises from the construction of SQL queries without using prepared statements, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary SQL code.
Published Mar 20, 2025 · Updated Jul 21, 2026
Affected packages
llama-index-retrievers-duckdb-retriever
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- < 0.4.0
- Fixed in
- 0.4.0
- Check
pip show llama-index-retrievers-duckdb-retriever
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the duckdb_retriever component of the run-llama/llama_index repository, specifically in llama-index-retrievers-duckdb-retriever prior to v0.4.0. The vulnerability arises from the construction of SQL queries without using prepared statements, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary SQL code. This can lead to remote code execution (RCE) by installing the shellfs extension and executing malicious commands.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11958
- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/commit/35bd221e948e40458052d30c6ef2779bc965b6d0
- https://huntr.com/bounties/8ddf66e1-f74c-4d53-992b-76bc45cacac1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-339r-cjv9-x78g
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/llama-index-retrievers-duckdb-retriever/PYSEC-2026-399.yaml
- https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index
- https://pypi.org/project/llama-index-retrievers-duckdb-retriever
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