# CVE-2024-8061: Denial of Service in aimhubio/aim

- Also known as: GHSA-6W7P-XRVP-P7XV, PYSEC-2026-1083
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/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: 2025-03-20 · Updated: 2025-10-15

## Affected

- aimhubio aimhubio/aim: version range not reported
- aim (PyPI): through 3.23.0

## Description

In version 3.23.0 of aimhubio/aim, certain methods that request data from external servers do not have set timeouts, causing the server to wait indefinitely for a response. This can lead to a denial of service, as the tracking server does not respond to other requests while waiting. The issue arises in the client used by the `aim` tracking server to communicate with external resources, specifically in the `_run_read_instructions` method and similar calls without timeouts.

## 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.com/bounties/c85d005c-b354-4c51-a88f-adda2f09622b

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