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CVE-2024-51502 — loona-hpack

Fix: bearcove/loona@9a4028e

CVE-2024-51502 is a CWE-755 vulnerability in loona-hpack. A fix is available for loona-hpack — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Panic Vulnerability in loona-hpack

Also known asGHSA-7vm6-qwh5-9x44
Published
Nov 4, 2024
Updated
Aug 12, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Sep 24, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

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.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-51502.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.5%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs39th percentile — riskier than 39% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🦀loona-hpack

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Description

Summary

loona-hpack suffers from the same vulnerability as the original hpack as documented in https://github.com/mlalic/hpack-rs/issues/11

Details

The original includes a very nice description of the problem, as well as an easy-enough fix for it.

PoC

The original example pretty much still applies:

use loona_hpack::Decoder;

pub fn main() {
    let input = &[0x3f];
    let mut decoder = Decoder::new();
    let _ = decoder.decode(input);
}

Impact

From the original: All users who try to decode untrusted input using the Decoder are vulnerable to this exploit. A patched version of the crate is available on [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/hpack-patched) under the name hpack-patched. See [Cargo's documentation on overriding dependencies](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/overriding-dependencies.html) for more information.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🦀crates.ioloona-hpackall versions0.4.3cargo update -p loona-hpack --precise 0.4.3

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for loona-hpack, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update loona-hpack to 0.4.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-51502 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2024-51502 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to CVE-2024-51502. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Summary `loona-hpack` suffers from the same vulnerability as the original `hpack` as documented in https://github.com/mlalic/hpack-rs/issues/11 ### Details The original includes a very nice description of the problem, as well as an easy-enough fix for it. ### PoC The original example pretty much still applies: ```rust use loona_hpack::Decoder; pub fn main() { let input = &[0x3f]; let mut decoder = Decoder::new(); let _ = decoder.decode(input); } ``` ### Impact From the original: `All users who try to decode untrusted input using the Decoder are vulnerable to this exploit.
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