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TI-2024-09450 Aliases CVE-2024-10190GHSA-mrhh-3ggq-23p2

Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in ElasticRendezvousHandler in horovod/horovod

Priority HIGH 82CWE-502Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

Horovod versions up to and including v0.28.1 are vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of base64-encoded data in the `ElasticRendezvousHandler`, a subclass of `KVStoreHandler`. Specifically, the `_put_value` method in `ElasticRendezvousHandler` calls `codec.loads_base64(value)`, which eventually invokes `cloudpickle.loads(decoded)`. This allows an attacker to send a malicious pickle object via a PUT request, leading to arbitrary code execution on the server.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01124 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
horovodhorovod/horovodup to latest—No fix listedCNA
—horovod (PyPI)up to 0.28.1—No fix listedGHSA-mrhh-3ggq-23p2
  • horovod/horovod Vendorhorovod Affected up to latest Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • horovod (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 0.28.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-mrhh-3ggq-23p2

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:horovod:horovod:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.28.1Vulnerablehorovod
  • cpe:2.3:a:horovod:horovod:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.28.1 Vulnerable ·horovod

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10190
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mrhh-3ggq-23p2

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2022-00244 Insecure Temporary File in horovod/horovod CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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