CVE-2024-24806 — Server-Side Request Forgery in Libuv
Severity
7.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 7
Latest updateNov 14
Description
libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. The `uv_getaddrinfo` function in `src/unix/getaddrinfo.c` (and its windows counterpart `src/win/getaddrinfo.c`), truncates hostnames to 256 characters before calling `getaddrinfo`. This behavior can be exploited to create addresses like `0x00007f000001`, which are considered valid by `getaddrinfo` and could allow an attacker to craft payloads that resolve to unintended IP addresses, bypassing developer checks. The vulner…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.4
Affected Packages19 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
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CVE-2024-24806: libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O↗2024-02-07