CVE-2024-6863Encryption of Arbitrary Files with Attacker-Controlled Key in h2oai/h2o-3
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 70% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
In h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.46.0, an endpoint exposing a custom EncryptionTool allows an attacker to encrypt any files on the target server with a key of their choosing. The chosen key can also be overwritten, resulting in ransomware-like behavior. This vulnerability makes it possible for an attacker to encrypt arbitrary files with keys of their choice, making it exceedingly difficult for the target to recover the keys needed for decryption.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By @huntr_ai
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| @huntr_aiCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
- affected unspecified – ≤ latest
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenai.h2o:h2o-coreGHSA-m37h-8r48-2cxj (opens in a new tab)
- PyPIh2oGHSA-m37h-8r48-2cxj (opens in a new tab)
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-6964 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m37h-8r48-2cxj (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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