Bzip2: compressed content bomb leads to denial of service of bombastic api
Priority LOW 21CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service, Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400 and CWE-434.
Summary
A flaw was found in Bombastic, which allows authenticated users to upload compressed (bzip2 or zstd) SBOMs. The API endpoint verifies the presence of some fields and values in the JSON. To perform this verification, the uploaded file must first be decompressed.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00491 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer | Affected | No fix yet |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-3508
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r894-pxpx-j3m6
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-3508 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-3508 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r894-pxpx-j3m6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-3508 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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