CVE-2024-22038 DoS attacks, information leaks etc. with crafted Git repositories in obs-scm-bridge
Medium 6.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-22038 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-22038 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in openSUSE Factory, published on 28 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22038 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: openSUSE Factory. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
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-2024-22038/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22038/index.md)
Attackers can cause denial of service and leak information by providing specially crafted Git repositories to obs-scm-bridge.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-22038?
CVE-2024-22038 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in openSUSE Factory, published on 28 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Various problems in obs-scm-bridge allows attackers that create specially crafted git repositories to leak information of cause denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22038?
Linux distribution packages (34)
build SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
build SUSE:Linux Micro Extras 6.2 | All versions | 20260415-160000.1.1 |
obs-scm-bridge openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
build openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 20250306-150200.19.1 |
obs-scm-bridge openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 0.5.4-150100.3.6.1 |
obs-scm-bridge openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | All versions | 0.7.4-bp160.1.1 |
osc openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | All versions | 1.24.0-bp160.1.1 |
build openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 20260202-2.1 |
obs-scm-bridge openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 0.5.4-1.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2024-22038?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2024-22038 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22038 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4hx2-h4m6-qchx, SUSE-SU-2024:4212-1, SUSE-SU-2025:0857-1, SUSE-SU-2026:21518-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:14543-1, openSUSE-SU-2026:10183-1 and 2 more.