What is CVE-2024-8020?

CVE-2024-8020 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightning-ai Lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning, classified under CWE-248. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-8020?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Lightning-ai Lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning

CVE-2024-8020

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 hand…

EPSS: 0.006 (44.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Lightning-ai Lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning — versions unspecified
Lightningai Pytorch_lightning — versions 2.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-248

References

security@huntr.dev (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8020?: CVE-2024-8020 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightning-ai Lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning, classified under CWE-248. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-8020?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.