# CVE-2024-38516: Aimeos HTML client may potentially reveal sensitive information in error log

> Debug mode in the Aimeos HTML client may expose sensitive environment variables in error logs, requiring an upgrade to patched versions.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ppm5-jv84-2xg2

## What is CVE-2024-38516?

CVE-2024-38516 is a high-severity vulnerability in aimeos ai-client-html, published on 25 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ai-client-html is an Aimeos e-commerce HTML client component. Debug information revealed sensitive information from environment variables in error log. This issue has been patched in versions 2024.04.7, 2023.10.15, 2022.10.13 and 2021.10.22.

Weakness: CWE-1295 (Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38516?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including aimeos/ai-client-html.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `aimeos/ai-client-html` | Packagist | From 2021.10.1 | 2021.10.22 |
| `aimeos/ai-client-html` | Packagist | From 2021.10.1 | 2021.10.22 |
| `aimeos/ai-client-html` | Packagist | From 2022.04.1 | 2022.10.13 |
| `aimeos/ai-client-html` | Packagist | From 2022.04.1 | 2022.10.13 |
| `aimeos/ai-client-html` | Packagist | From 2023.04.1 | 2023.10.15 |
| `aimeos/ai-client-html` | Packagist | From 2023.04.1 | 2023.10.15 |
| `aimeos/ai-client-html` | Packagist | From 2024.04.1 | 2024.04.7 |
| `aimeos/ai-client-html` | Packagist | From 2024.04.1 | 2024.04.7 |

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38516?

Upgrade aimeos/ai-client-html to a fixed version for your release line: 2021.10.22, 2022.10.13, 2023.10.15 or 2024.04.7.

## Is CVE-2024-38516 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38516 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38516 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38516 is a high-severity vulnerability in aimeos ai-client-html, published on 25 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38516 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- aimeos/ai-client-html (Packagist): affected from 2021.10.1; fixed in 2021.10.22
- aimeos/ai-client-html (Packagist): affected from 2021.10.1; fixed in 2021.10.22
- aimeos/ai-client-html (Packagist): affected from 2022.04.1; fixed in 2022.10.13
- aimeos/ai-client-html (Packagist): affected from 2022.04.1; fixed in 2022.10.13
- aimeos/ai-client-html (Packagist): affected from 2023.04.1; fixed in 2023.10.15
- aimeos/ai-client-html (Packagist): affected from 2023.04.1; fixed in 2023.10.15
- aimeos/ai-client-html (Packagist): affected from 2024.04.1; fixed in 2024.04.7
- aimeos/ai-client-html (Packagist): affected from 2024.04.1; fixed in 2024.04.7

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-2024-38516/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38516/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38516
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38516
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38516

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.