CVE-2024-8020

⚠️ high

Summary

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.

CVSS Score

7.5

High

EPSS Score

0.1

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2025-03-20

First Seen: 2026-01-05

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 69.0% of all 328,009 vulnerabilities in our database.

#101,817

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Mar 20, 2025

🔍 Exploitation Status

Poc

Proof-of-concept available

⚙️ Automatable

YES

Can be exploited automatically

💥 Technical Impact

Partial

Limited system impact

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2025-10-15

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-248

📦 Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
lightningai	pytorch_lightning	Affected	v2.3.2

🔗 References 1

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Exploit Third Party Advisory

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