PYSEC-2026-1857
Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-07 14:34 - Updated: 2026-07-07 17:25
VLAI
Details
A vulnerability in lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning version 2.3.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by sending an unexpected POST request to the /api/v1/state endpoint of LightningApp. This issue occurs due to improper handling of unexpected state values, which results in the server shutting down.
Severity
7.5 (High)
Impacted products
| Name | purl | pytorch-lightning | pkg:pypi/pytorch-lightning |
|---|
Aliases
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],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-8020",
"GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q"
],
"details": "A vulnerability in lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning version 2.3.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by sending an unexpected POST request to the `/api/v1/state` endpoint of `LightningApp`. This issue occurs due to improper handling of unexpected state values, which results in the server shutting down.",
"id": "PYSEC-2026-1857",
"modified": "2026-07-07T17:25:14.997438Z",
"published": "2026-07-07T14:34:56.524239Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8020"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.com/bounties/8b642a78-2b80-4fb0-9b2f-8ba0ff37db6a"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://pypi.org/project/pytorch-lightning"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3q"
}
],
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "PyTorch Lightning denial of service vulnerability"
}
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