CVE-2024-8020

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 51 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.64% (51st) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security@huntr.devexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-248USCWE-248US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source PyTorch <2.4.0all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source PyTorch< 2.4.0cert_bundDE
lightning-ai lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning≤ unspecified ≤latestenisa_euvdEU
lightningai pytorch lightning= 2.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:lightningai:pytorch_lightning:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI lightning≤ 2.3.2osvUSpkg:pypi/lightning
PyPI pytorch-lightning≤ 2.3.2osvUSpkg:pypi/pytorch-lightning

advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-0623PyTorch: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-03-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in PyTorch ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, vertrauliche Informationen preiszugeben, beliebigen Code auszuführen und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.
GHSA-98fp-7v67-4v3qPyTorch Lightning denial of service vulnerability2025-03-20ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2026-1857PyTorch Lightning denial of service vulnerability2026-07-07vendor · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2026-3971PyTorch Lightning denial of service vulnerability2026-09-10vendor · osvUS
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.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-03-20modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

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