PT-2025-12205 · Lightning Ai · Pytorch-Lightning

Published 2025-03-20 · Updated 2025-08-01 · CVE-2024-8020

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pytorch-lightning version 2.3.2

Description A vulnerability in 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.

Recommendations Update to a newer version of pytorch-lightning that addresses this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the /api/v1/state endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-248

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8020

GHSA-98FP-7V67-4V3Q

Affected Products

Pytorch-Lightning

References · 7

• 🔥 https://huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8020 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8020 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1902968902591942957 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/130495 · Telegram Post