Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-2032

Race Condition in Zenml ≤ 0.55.5

Published
06 June 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 3.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0029 21th percentile
Risk Priority 27 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-2032 is a low-severity Race Condition within a Thread (CWE-366) vulnerability in Zenml Zenml. Its CVSS base score is 3.1 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 21th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Other AI Platforms; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A race condition vulnerability exists in zenml-io/zenml versions up to and including 0.55.3, which allows for the creation of multiple users with the same username when requests are sent in parallel. This issue was fixed in version 0.55.5. The vulnerability…

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arises due to insufficient handling of concurrent user creation requests, leading to data inconsistencies and potential authentication problems. Specifically, concurrent processes may overwrite or corrupt user data, complicating user identification and posing security risks. This issue is particularly concerning for APIs that rely on usernames as input parameters, such as PUT /api/v1/users/test_race, where it could lead to further complications.

CWE(s)

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Other AI Platforms
Risk Domain
Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
ZenML is an open-source MLOps framework for building, deploying, and managing machine learning pipelines, fitting under 'Other Platforms' as it is a platform for ML workflows rather than specific libraries or frameworks like deep learning or NLP tools.

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may circumvent mechanisms designed to control privilege elevation to gain higher-level permissions.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

zenml
zenml
≤ 0.55.5

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V10.4.2
  • V10.4.5
  • V15.1.3
  • V15.4.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation can include concurrency and stress testing that finds race conditions after they have been coded.

Requiring documented development standards and tools can mandate use of safe concurrency patterns that avoid introducing races.

Security engineering principles include requirements for synchronization primitives and thread-safe design that stop race conditions from being introduced.

Maintaining separate execution domains for each process structurally eliminates unintended concurrent access to the same shared resources.

Preventing unintended information transfer through shared system resources directly addresses the improper concurrent modification that defines a race condition.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require synchronization primitives and concurrency analysis that prevent intra-thread race conditions.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing can detect race conditions through concurrency and stress testing.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle includes concurrency and synchronization practices that reduce race conditions.

prevents

Application security requirements can mandate thread-safety and locking controls.

prevents

Secure architecture principles address concurrent access and resource synchronization.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly require proper synchronization primitives to prevent race conditions.

none

Change management can introduce or remove synchronization flaws during updates.

References