CVE-2024-0241: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
encoded_id-rails versions before 1.0.0.beta2 are affected by an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker might cause a denial of service condition by sending an HTTP request with an extremely long "id" parameter.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-0241 is a high-severity vulnerability in encoded_id-rails prior to version 1.0.0.beta2. It involves CWE-400, uncontrolled resource consumption, where an attacker can cause a denial of service by submitting an HTTP request with an excessively long "id" parameter. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication and requires low attack complexity. No confidentiality or integrity impacts are reported, only availability is affected.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service condition by exhausting resources through a crafted HTTP request. This results in service unavailability but does not compromise data confidentiality or integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary mitigation is currently documented. Until a patch is available, consider implementing input validation or request length limits on the "id" parameter to mitigate potential exploitation.
CVE-2024-0241: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Description
encoded_id-rails versions before 1.0.0.beta2 are affected by an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker might cause a denial of service condition by sending an HTTP request with an extremely long "id" parameter.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-0241 is a high-severity vulnerability in encoded_id-rails prior to version 1.0.0.beta2. It involves CWE-400, uncontrolled resource consumption, where an attacker can cause a denial of service by submitting an HTTP request with an excessively long "id" parameter. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication and requires low attack complexity. No confidentiality or integrity impacts are reported, only availability is affected.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service condition by exhausting resources through a crafted HTTP request. This results in service unavailability but does not compromise data confidentiality or integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary mitigation is currently documented. Until a patch is available, consider implementing input validation or request length limits on the "id" parameter to mitigate potential exploitation.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2024-01-04T18:44:55.210Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a0523a1cbff5d861037e826
Added to database: 5/14/2026, 1:21:37 AM
Last enriched: 5/14/2026, 1:36:23 AM
Last updated: 5/14/2026, 2:40:46 AM
Views: 3
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