lightning-ai pytorch-lightning up to 2.2.4 API Endpoint /v1/runs unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in lightning-ai pytorch-lightning up to 2.2.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /v1/runs of the component API Endpoint. Such manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-5980. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in lightning-ai pytorch-lightning up to 2.2.4. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file /v1/runs of the component API Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the /v1/runs API endpoint of lightning-ai/pytorch-lightning v2.2.4 allows attackers to exploit path traversal when extracting tar.gz files. When the LightningApp is running with the plugin_server, attackers can deploy malicious tar.gz plugins that embed arbitrary files with path traversal vulnerabilities. This can result in arbitrary files being written to any directory in the victim's local file system, potentially leading to remote code execution.

The advisory is shared for download at huntr.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-5980 since 06/13/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/30/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Artificial Intelligence Software

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• lightning-ai

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• pytorch-lightning

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• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4

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