CVE-2024-8020: PyTorch Lightning denial of service vulnerability

March 20, 2025 (updated March 21, 2025)

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.

References

github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning
github.com/advisories/GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q
huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8020

Code Behaviors & Features

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