TI-2024-11493 Aliases CVE-2024-12388 GHSA-vffc-qpx3-764c

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in binary-husky/gpt_academic

MEDIUM 62CWE-1333Published 2025-03-20 · Updated 2025-10-15

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-1333.

Summary

A vulnerability in binary-husky/gpt_academic version 310122f allows for a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack. The application uses a regular expression to parse user input, which can take polynomial time to match certain crafted inputs. This allows an attacker to send a small malicious payload to the server, causing it to become unresponsive and unable to handle any requests from other users.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00744 54th 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: 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
binary-husky	binary-husky/gpt_academic	up to latest	—	No fix listed	CNA

binary-husky/gpt_academic Vendorbinary-husky Affected up to latest Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:binary-husky:gpt_academic:2024-10-15:::::::*	2024-10-15	Vulnerable	binary-husky

cpe:2.3:a:binary-husky:gpt_academic:2024-10-15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2024-10-15 Vulnerable ·binary-husky

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12388
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vffc-qpx3-764c

References

Exploit 1

https://huntr.com/bounties/b1c01c94-e477-41db-9d17-601aa25e351c

TI-2024-11495 Remote Code Execution in binary-husky/gpt_academic CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-11494 Path Traversal in binary-husky/gpt_academic CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-10228 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in binary-husky/gpt_academic CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-10179 Local File Read (LFI) by Tarslip Symlink via arxiv_download() API in binary-husky/gpt_academic CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-10153 Prompt Injection Leading to RCE in binary-husky/gpt_academic Plugin `manim` CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-10150 Code Injection in binary-husky/gpt_academic CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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