CVE-2024-12388 Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in binary-husky/gpt_academic

Medium 6.5 Published 20 Mar 2025 Updated 15 Oct 2025

An attacker can cause a denial of service in the GPT academic tool by sending crafted input that triggers inefficient regular expression processing.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-12388?

CVE-2024-12388 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in binary-husky/gpt_academic, published on 20 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in binary-husky/gpt_academic version 310122f allows for a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack. The application uses a regular expression to parse user input, which can take polynomial time to match certain crafted inputs. This allows an attacker to send a small malicious payload to the server, causing it to become unresponsive and unable to handle any requests from other users.

Weakness: CWE-1333

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12388?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Binary-Husky Gpt Academic.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12388?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12388 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2024-12388 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12388 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vffc-qpx3-764c.