CVE-2024-20716 Force high-usage of resources by generating unlimited coupons: Adobe Commerce
A high-privileged attacker can exhaust system resources by generating unlimited coupons, causing application denial-of-service in Adobe Commerce.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-20716?
CVE-2024-20716 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Adobe Commerce, published on 15 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.6-p3, 2.4.5-p5, 2.4.4-p6 and earlier are affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to an application denial-of-service. A high-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to exhaust system resources, causing the application to slow down or crash. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20716?
10 open source packages ship an affected version, including magento/community-edition and magento/project-community-edition. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
magento/community-edition Packagist | All versions | None |
magento/community-edition Packagist | All versions | None |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.4-p1 | 2.4.4-p7 |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.4-p1 | 2.4.4-p7 |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.5-p1 | 2.4.5-p6 |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.5-p1 | 2.4.5-p6 |
4 more packages
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.6-p1 | 2.4.6-p4 |
magento/community-edition Packagist | From 2.4.6-p1 | 2.4.6-p4 |
magento/project-community-edition Packagist | All versions to 2.0.2 | None |
magento/project-community-edition Packagist | All versions to 2.0.2 | None |
Products include Adobe Commerce.
How do I fix CVE-2024-20716?
Upgrade magento/community-edition to a fixed version for your release line: 2.4.4-p7, 2.4.5-p6 or 2.4.6-p4.
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-2024-20716 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20716 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Commerce
- CVE-2026-75650 Adobe Commerce and Magento Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
- CVE-2024-34102 Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)
- CVE-2022-24086 Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source Improper Input Validation
- CVE-2026-48356 Adobe Commerce and Magento Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
- CVE-2026-71362 Adobe Commerce and Magento Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c9h9-h5gf-885r.