CVE-2024-38516
HIGHCVE-2024-38516 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) CWE-1295 vulnerability in aimeos/ai-client-html. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2024-38516 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Aimeos HTML client may potentially reveal sensitive information in error log
Blast Radius
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Description
ai-client-html is an Aimeos e-commerce HTML client component. Debug information revealed sensitive information from environment variables in error log. This issue has been patched in versions 2024.04.7, 2023.10.15, 2022.10.13 and 2021.10.22.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | aimeos/ai-client-html | ≥ 2024.04.1&&< 2024.04.7 | 2024.04.7 |
| 🐘Packagist | aimeos/ai-client-html | ≥ 2023.04.1&&< 2023.10.15 | 2023.10.15 |
| 🐘Packagist | aimeos/ai-client-html | ≥ 2022.04.1&&< 2022.10.13 | 2022.10.13 |
| 🐘Packagist | aimeos/ai-client-html | ≥ 2021.10.1&&< 2021.10.22 | 2021.10.22 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for aimeos/ai-client-html. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update aimeos/ai-client-html to 2024.04.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-38516 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2024-38516 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2024-38516. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-38516 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2024-38516 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.