CVE-2024-34079 json
octo-sts allows unauthenticated attackers to cause unbounded CPU and memory usage
published 2024-05-10 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-75r6-6jg8-pfcq , GO-2024-2833 , EUVD-2024-1475
- cvss
- 3.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
octo-sts is a GitHub App that acts like a Security Token Service (STS) for the Github API. This vulnerability can spike the resource utilization of the STS service, and combined with a significant traffic volume could potentially lead to a denial of service. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.1.0
Patch / fix
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/octo-sts/app | <0.1.0 |
0.1.0 |
Affected products
- octo-sts app
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-34079
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-75r6-6jg8-pfcq
- NVD CVE-2024-34079
- OSV GO-2024-2833
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