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Vulnerability details: VCID-1z2t-6a26-w7c1
Vulnerability ID VCID-1z2t-6a26-w7c1
Aliases CVE-2024-8020
GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q
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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-248 Uncaught Exception
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-8020.json
epss 0.00222 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-8020
epss 0.00222 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-8020
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning
cvssv3 7.5 https://huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a
generic_textual HIGH https://huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a
ssvc Track https://huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8020
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8020
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-8020.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-8020
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8020
2353669 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2353669
8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a https://huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a
GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-8020.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-03-20T17:53:50Z/ Found at https://huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8020
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.44886
EPSS Score 0.00222
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-10T18:28:28.947395+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/8xxx/CVE-2024-8020.json 38.6.0