CVE-2024-8062
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.25%H2O Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via `HEAD` Request
Published: 3/20/2025Modified: 3/20/2025
Also known as:GHSA-5c8j-g96x-cj78
Description
A vulnerability in the typeahead endpoint of h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.46.0 allows for a denial of service. The endpoint performs a `HEAD` request to verify the existence of a specified resource without setting a timeout. An attacker can exploit this by sending multiple requests to an attacker-controlled server that hangs, causing the application to block and become unresponsive to other requests.
Affected packages (2)
- Maven/ai.h2o:h2o-core>= 3.2.0.1, <= 3.46.0
- PyPI/h2o>= 3.2.0.1, <= 3.46.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |