HIGH 7.5 PyPI

H2O Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Large GZIP Parsing

GHSA-6w62-3jvj-mfj6 · CVE-2024-7765 · PYSEC-2026-1439

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Description

In h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.46.0.2, a vulnerability exists where uploading and repeatedly parsing a large GZIP file can cause a denial of service. The server becomes unresponsive due to memory exhaustion and a large number of concurrent slow-running jobs. This issue arises from the improper handling of highly compressed data, leading to significant data amplification.

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