Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Discourse - CVE-2024-24827
Published: March 15, 2024 / Updated: July 1, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU136095
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24827
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management in the POST /uploads endpoint when handling upload creation requests. A remote attacker can send a large number of upload requests to cause a denial of service.
The impact depends on site-specific upload-related settings that affect the resources consumed during upload creation.
Affected software
Discourse
How to mitigate CVE-2024-24827
Install security update from vendor's website.
Discourse - addressed in versions 3.2.0, 3.3.0 beta1