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GHSA-6w62-3jvj-mfj6 CVE-2024-7765 PYSEC-2026-1439

H2O Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Large GZIP Parsing

High MavenPyPI
Severity
7.5 / 10
High · CVSS 3.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.78%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 55.91% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Fix
None yet
No fixed version published

Description

In h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.46.0.2, a vulnerability exists where uploading and repeatedly parsing a large GZIP file can cause a denial of service. The server becomes unresponsive due to memory exhaustion and a large number of concurrent slow-running jobs. This issue arises from the improper handling of highly compressed data, leading to significant data amplification.

Affected versions

Maven

PackageVulnerableFixed in
ai.h2o:h2o-core
>= 3.32.1.2, <= 3.46.0.2
No fix yet

PyPI

PackageVulnerableFixed in
h2o
>= 3.32.1.2, <= 3.46.0.2
No fix yet

How to fix

No fixed version has been published yet. Until one is, remove or replace the package, or turn off or isolate the affected feature. This page updates when a fix ships.

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.0 7.5

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

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Weakness

CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles a compressed input with a very high compression ratio that produces a large output.

References

Timeline

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  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
GHSA-qmcv-hh7c-3m56
H2O-3 is Vulnerable to Code Injection
Critical Also affects ai.h2o:h2o-core
GHSA-wj3h-wx8g-x699
H2O has an External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability
Critical Also affects ai.h2o:h2o-core
GHSA-5w3j-gwgh-4rfv
H2O affected by a deserialization vulnerability
Critical Also affects ai.h2o:h2o-core
GHSA-g48v-3p35-88jr
H2O Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite
High Also affects ai.h2o:h2o-core
GHSA-5c8j-g96x-cj78
H2O Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via `HEAD` Request
High Also affects ai.h2o:h2o-core
GHSA-p2vc-m5fv-9w9m
H2O Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via `/3/ImportFiles` Endpoint
High Also affects ai.h2o:h2o-core
GHSA-m37h-8r48-2cxj
H2O Vulnerable to Execution of Arbitrary Files
Medium Also affects ai.h2o:h2o-core
GHSA-47f6-5p7h-5f3h
H2O Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite via File Export
High Also affects ai.h2o:h2o-core
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