CVE-2024-52796

MEDIUM

Rubygems Pwpush < 1.49.0 - Resource Allocation Without Limits

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Password Pusher, an open source application to communicate sensitive information over the web, comes with a configurable rate limiter. In versions prior to v1.49.0, the rate limiter could be bypassed by forging proxy headers allowing bad actors to send unlimited traffic to the site potentially causing a denial of service. In v1.49.0, a fix was implemented to only authorize proxies on local IPs which resolves this issue. As a workaround, one may add rules to one's proxy and/or firewall to not accept external proxy headers such as `X-Forwarded-*` from clients.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (2)
pglombardo/PasswordPusher < 1.49.0
rubygems/pwpush 0 - 1.49.0RubyGems
Published Nov 20, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026