# CVE-2024-5550: Exposure of Sensitive Information via Arbitrary System Path Lookup in h2oai/h2o-3

- Also known as: GHSA-X234-R5FG-X52M, PYSEC-2026-1446
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-06 · Updated: 2025-10-15

## Affected

- h2oai h2oai/h2o-3: version range not reported
- h2o (PyPI): through 3.40.0.4

## Description

In h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.40.0.4, an exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists due to an arbitrary system path lookup feature. This vulnerability allows any remote user to view full paths in the entire file system where h2o-3 is hosted. Specifically, the issue resides in the Typeahead API call, which when requested with a typeahead lookup of '/', exposes the root filesystem including directories such as /home, /usr, /bin, among others. This vulnerability could allow attackers to explore the entire filesystem, and when combined with a Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability, could make exploitation of the server trivial.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on h2oai h2oai/h2o-3, h2o, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

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