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pytorch-lightning vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via /v1/runs API endpoint

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 27, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 5, 2024

Package

pip lightning (pip)

Affected versions

<= 2.3.1

Patched versions

2.3.3

Description

A vulnerability in the /v1/runs API endpoint of lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning v2.2.4 allows attackers to exploit path traversal when extracting tar.gz files. When the LightningApp is running with the plugin_server, attackers can deploy malicious tar.gz plugins that embed arbitrary files with path traversal vulnerabilities. This can result in arbitrary files being written to any directory in the victim's local file system, potentially leading to remote code execution.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 27, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 27, 2024
Reviewed Jun 28, 2024
Last updated Aug 5, 2024

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.043%
(10th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-5980

GHSA ID

GHSA-mr7h-w2qc-ffc2

Source code

Credits

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