What is GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q?

GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. PyTorch Lightning denial of service vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q cover?

GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2024-8020. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q?

GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q?

GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q affects 1 product, including: pip/pytorch-lightning:\u003c= 2.3.2.

GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3qHighCVSS 7.5

PyTorch Lightning denial of service vulnerability

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

March 20, 2025

Last Modified

March 21, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-8020 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/pytorch-lightning:<= 2.3.2

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8020
https://huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q