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H2O-3GHSA-58m3-rcvp-f9ww

h2o vulnerable to unexpected POST request shutting down server

High7.5CVE-2024-5979 · Published Jun 27, 2024 · updated Jul 7, 2026

GitHub advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
h2o
PyPI
<= 3.46.0No fix yet
Details and references

In h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.46.0, the `run_tool` command in the `rapids` component allows the `main` function of any class under the `water.tools` namespace to be called. One such class, `MojoConvertTool`, crashes the server when invoked with an invalid argument, causing a denial of service.

CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity from
GitHub (reviewed advisory)
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-94
Also known as
CVE-2024-5979, PYSEC-2026-1437

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