Denial of Service in aimhubio/aim
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
In version 3.25.0 of aimhubio/aim, the tracking server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. The server overrides the maximum size for websocket messages, allowing very large images to be tracked. This causes the server to become unresponsive to other requests while processing the large image, leading to a denial of service condition.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aimhubio | aimhubio/aim | up to latest | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | aim (PyPI) | up to 3.25.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-j5qj-rg5j-j7c2 |
- aimhubio/aim Vendoraimhubio Affected up to latest Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- aim (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 3.25.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-j5qj-rg5j-j7c2
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-0189
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j5qj-rg5j-j7c2
- 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More aimhubio Aim vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-05938 Arbitrary File Overwrite and Data Exfiltration in aimhubio/aim CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-02038 Remote Code Execution in aimhubio/aim CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-08135 Arbitrary File Deletion via Relative Path Traversal in aimhubio/aim CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-06332 Arbitrary File Overwrite through tarfile-extraction in aimhubio/aim CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-07194 CSRF in aimhubio/aim CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2025-32336 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in aimhubio Aim 3.28.0 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-0189 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-0189 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j5qj-rg5j-j7c2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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