# CVE-2024-38826: CVE-2024-38826 Cloud Controller Denial of Service Attack

> Authenticated users can cause a denial of service against Cloud Foundry Cloud Controller by uploading crafted files that leak server resources.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/RE:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rmv6-pcxx-vfgj

## What is CVE-2024-38826?

CVE-2024-38826 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cloud Foundry, published on 11 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Authenticated users can upload specifically crafted files to leak server resources. This behavior can potentially be used to run a denial of service attack against Cloud Controller.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

  *  Upgrade capi release version to 1.194.0 or greater
  *  Upgrade cf-deployment version to v44.1.0 or greater. This includes a patched capi release

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38826?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-38826?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38826 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38826 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38826 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38826 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38826 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cloud Foundry, published on 11 Nov 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-2024-38826 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cloud Foundry. 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-2024-38826/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38826/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38826
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38826
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38826

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38826/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.