GHSA-98FP-7V67-4V3Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-20 12:32 – Updated: 2025-03-21 21:56A vulnerability in lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning version 2.3.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by sending an unexpected POST request to the /api/v1/state endpoint of LightningApp. This issue occurs due to improper handling of unexpected state values, which results in the server shutting down.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-8020"
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"CWE-248"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-20T10:15:39Z",
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"details": "A vulnerability in lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning version 2.3.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by sending an unexpected POST request to the `/api/v1/state` endpoint of `LightningApp`. This issue occurs due to improper handling of unexpected state values, which results in the server shutting down.",
"id": "GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q",
"modified": "2025-03-21T21:56:43Z",
"published": "2025-03-20T12:32:47Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8020"
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"url": "https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning"
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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"summary": "PyTorch Lightning denial of service vulnerability"
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