External Control of File Name or Path Affecting ai.h2o:h2o-core package, versions [0,3.46.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.14% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-AIH2O-15182774
  • published4 Feb 2026
  • disclosed2 Feb 2026
  • creditpatrik-ha

Introduced: 2 Feb 2026

CVE-2024-5986  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ai.h2o:h2o-core to version 3.46.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of File Name or Path via the /3/Parse and /3/Frames/framename/export endpoints. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary files on the server, including sensitive files such as private SSH keys or script files, by injecting malicious data as file headers and exporting them, leading to remote code execution and full system compromise.

Note: This vulnerability was addressed by using the service without -file_deny_glob

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1