CVE-2024-34079

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

LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: May 10, 2024 at 07:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOcto STS

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Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.1.0
Affected range stops below 0.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

3.7LOWGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-400

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