CVE-2024-1569 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in parisneo/lollms-webui

Medium 5.3 Published 16 Apr 2024 Updated 1 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause denial of service by repeatedly triggering endpoints that open external applications, exhausting system resources on the host.

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

What is CVE-2024-1569?

CVE-2024-1569 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in parisneo/lollms-webui, published on 16 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

parisneo/lollms-webui is vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack due to uncontrolled resource consumption. Attackers can exploit the `/open_code_in_vs_code` and similar endpoints without authentication by sending repeated HTTP POST requests, leading to the opening of Visual Studio Code or the default folder opener (e.g., File Explorer, xdg-open) multiple times. This can render the host machine unusable by exhausting system resources. The vulnerability is present in the latest version of the software.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1569?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Lollms Lollms-Webui.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1569?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1569 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-2024-1569 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1569 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g2mr-jcjh-hmc7.