CVE-2024-34079 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Low CVE-2024-34079

octo-sts allows unauthenticated attackers to cause unbounded CPU and memory usage

Vulnerability Description

octo-sts is a GitHub App that acts like a Security Token Service (STS) for the Github API. This vulnerability can spike the resource utilization of the STS service, and combined with a significant traffic volume could potentially lead to a denial of service. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.1.0

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2024-34079

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from octo-sts

View All →
CVE-2025-52477
Octo-STS Vulnerable to Unauthenticated SSRF with HTTP Response Reflection in OIDC Flow
High 8.6

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

app
Vulnerable Versions:
< 0.1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 10th, 2024
Last Modified: August 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1498 Network Denial of Service
Impact