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🛡️ CVE-2024-8061 — aim

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-1088 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Aim allows denial of service due to no timeouts for some tracking server endpoints

In version 3.23.0 of aimhubio/aim, certain methods that request data from external servers do not have set timeouts, causing the server to wait indefinitely for a response. This can lead to a denial of service, as the tracking server does not respond to other requests while waiting. The issue arises in the client used by the aim tracking server to communicate with external resources, specifically in the _run_read_instructions method and similar calls without timeouts.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-8061 is classified as CWE-1088: Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout. The code has a synchronous call to a remote resource, but there is no timeout for the call, or the timeout is set to infinite.

Affected software

CVE-2024-8061 is recorded against 1 package.

  • aim

Timeline and source

Published on 20 March 2025 and last revised on 7 July 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
huntr.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

aim has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-1088: Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-1088
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source OSV
Published 2025-03-20
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
aim — —

Similar Threats

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