# CVE-2024-9358: ThingsBoard HTTP RPC API resource consumption

> Remote attackers can cause resource exhaustion in ThingsBoard via the HTTP RPC API, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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:** 1 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wgr5-rw77-5f6p

## What is CVE-2024-9358?

CVE-2024-9358 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in ThingsBoard, published on 1 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in ThingsBoard up to 3.7.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HTTP RPC API. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.7.1 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was informed on 2024-07-24 about this vulnerability and announced the release of 3.7.1 for the second half of September 2024.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9358?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Thingsboard Thingsboard.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9358?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9358 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9358 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9358 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ThingsBoard

- [CVE-2022-40004](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40004/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2022-45608](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45608/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-48341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48341/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-27687](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27687/): Open redirect in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-45303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45303/): ThingsBoard Server-Side Template Injection (high 8.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9358 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9358 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in ThingsBoard, published on 1 Oct 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-2024-9358 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ThingsBoard. 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-2024-9358/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9358/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9358
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9358
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9358

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9358/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.