CVE-2024-5550 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-5550: Exposure of Sensitive Information via Arbitrary System Path Lookup in h2oai/h2o-3

Vendor H2Oai
Product h2oai/h2o-3
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published June 6, 2024
Last update October 15, 2025

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.40.0.4, an exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists due to an arbitrary system path lookup feature. This vulnerability allows any remote user to view full paths in the entire file system where h2o-3 is hosted. Specifically, the issue resides in the Typeahead API call, which when requested with a typeahead lookup of '/', exposes the root filesystem including directories such as /home, /usr, /bin, among others. This vulnerability could allow attackers to explore the entire filesystem, and when combined with a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability, could make exploitation of the server trivial.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 6, 2024 CVE published
October 15, 2025 Record updated