# CVE-2024-12778: Denial of Service in aimhubio/aim

> Attackers can cause denial of service in Aim by requesting excessive metrics, blocking the single-threaded web server.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-35p3-6j45-prwm, PYSEC-2026-1080

## What is CVE-2024-12778?

CVE-2024-12778 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in aimhubio/aim, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in aimhubio/aim version 3.25.0 allows for a denial of service (DoS) attack. The issue arises when a large number of tracked metrics are retrieved simultaneously from the Aim web API, causing the web server to become unresponsive. The root cause is the lack of a limit on the number of metrics that can be requested per call, combined with the server's single-threaded nature, leading to excessive resource consumption and blocking of the server.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12778?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including aim. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `aim` | PyPI | All versions to 3.25.0 | None |
| `aim` | PyPI | All versions to 3.25.0 | None |
| `aim` | PyPI | All versions to 3.25.0 | None |

Products: Aimstack Aim.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12778?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12778 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12778 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12778 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in aimhubio/aim

- [CVE-2024-6396](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6396/): Arbitrary File Overwrite and Data Exfiltration in aimhubio/aim (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-2195](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2195/): Remote Code Execution in aimhubio/aim (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-6829](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6829/): Arbitrary File Overwrite through tarfile-extraction in aimhubio/aim (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-8769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8769/): Arbitrary File Deletion via Relative Path Traversal in aimhubio/aim (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-51464](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-51464/): Aim vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12778 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12778 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in aimhubio/aim, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12778 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- aim (PyPI): affected all versions up to 3.25.0; no fix listed
- aim (PyPI): affected all versions up to 3.25.0; no fix listed
- aim (PyPI): affected all versions up to 3.25.0; no fix listed

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12778/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12778/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12778
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12778
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12778

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12778/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.