critical · 9.1 No patch yet

H2O has an External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability

CVE-2024-5986 · GHSA-wj3h-wx8g-x699 · PYSEC-2026-353 · published 2 Feb 2026

How serious is it

  • Severity: critical, CVSS score 9.1 out of 10.
  • No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
  • Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  • No public exploit in Exploit-DB.

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Who is affected

  • ai.h2o:h2o-core (Maven) <= 3.46.0.1
  • h2o (PyPI) <= 3.46.0.1

How to check

  1. Look for ai.h2o:h2o-core in your lockfile and compare its version with the range above.
  2. Run pip show h2o in your project to see the installed version, including copies pulled in by other packages.
  3. Or paste your lockfile into the checker: it lists every package with a known vulnerability, this one included.
  4. Or run npx shippable-dev scan localhost:3000 in your project folder. It reads your lockfile and flags this vulnerability along with every other known one.

How to fix

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  1. No fixed version of ai.h2o:h2o-core yet. Replace or remove it, or apply the workaround in the advisory below.
  2. No fixed version of h2o yet. Replace or remove it, or apply the workaround in the advisory below.
  3. If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.

The advisory

A vulnerability in h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.46.0.1 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary data to any file on the server. This is achieved by exploiting the `/3/Parse` endpoint to inject attacker-controlled data as the header of an empty file, which is then exported using the `/3/Frames/framename/export` endpoint. The impact of this vulnerability includes the potential for remote code execution and complete access to the system running h2o-3, as attackers can overwrite critical files such as private SSH keys or script files.

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References

Merged from GitHub Advisory Database, OSV. Last updated 28 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON

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