CVE-2024-8020 HIGH

CVE-2024-8020: Denial of Service in lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning

Vendor Lightning-Ai
Product lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning
Weakness CWE-248
Published March 20, 2025
Last update October 15, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 20, 2025 CVE published
October 15, 2025 Record updated