CVE-2024-12387: binary-husky/gpt_academic · Data Amplification
Affects binary-husky/gpt_academicSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 54% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Mar 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
- Implement strict validation on uploaded compressed files, including limiting maximum decompressed size and depth to prevent zip bombs.
- Use safe decompression libraries or sandbox decompression processes to isolate resource consumption.
- Monitor memory and CPU usage during file processing to detect and terminate suspicious decompression tasks early.
- Enforce authentication and authorization controls to restrict file upload capabilities to trusted users.
- Employ rate limiting and anomaly detection on upload endpoints to identify and block abuse patterns.
- Regularly update the binary-husky/gpt_academic software and monitor for official patches addressing this vulnerability.
- Consider deploying web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules to detect and block zip bomb patterns.
- Educate developers and administrators about the risks of handling compressed data and best practices for secure file processing.
Description
A vulnerability in the binary-husky/gpt_academic repository, as of commit git 3890467, allows an attacker to crash the server by uploading a specially crafted zip bomb. The server decompresses the uploaded file and attempts to load it into memory, which can lead to an out-of-memory crash. This issue arises due to improper input validation when handling compressed file uploads.