CVE-2024-10572 — h2o-ext-xgboost
HIGHCVE-2024-10572 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Code Injection vulnerability in ai.h2o:h2o-ext-xgboost. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.
Denial of Service and Arbitrary File Write in h2oai/h2o-3
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-10572.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
ai.h2o:h2o-ext-xgboost🐍h2oReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven, PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
In h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.46.0.1, the run_tool command exposes classes in the water.tools package through the ast parser. This includes the XGBoostLibExtractTool class, which can be exploited to shut down the server and write large files to arbitrary directories, leading to a denial of service.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | ai.h2o:h2o-ext-xgboost | ≥ 3.34.0.1 | No fix |
| 🐍PyPI | h2o | ≥ 3.34.0.1 | No fix |
Affected Products
h2oh2oDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for ai.h2o:h2o-ext-xgboost, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
The records we use list no patched version of ai.h2o:h2o-ext-xgboost for CVE-2024-10572. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.
Mitigate without a patch
Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-10572 in your dependencies?
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