CVE-2024-6037
Published: 10 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-6037 is a critical-severity Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) vulnerability in Gaizhenbiao Chuanhuchatgpt. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 10.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Enterprise AI Assistants; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain; MITRE ATLAS techniques in scope: External Harms (AML.T0048).
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-47195
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability in gaizhenbiao/chuanhuchatgpt version 20240410 allows an attacker to create arbitrary folders at any location on the server, including the root directory (C: dir). This can lead to uncontrolled resource consumption, resulting in resource exhaustion, denial of service (DoS),…
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server unavailability, and potential data loss or corruption.
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- Enterprise AI Assistants
- Risk Domain
- Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- gaizhenbiao/chuanhuchatgpt is an open-source web UI for ChatGPT and similar LLMs, functioning as an AI assistant platform. The vulnerability was reported on an AI/ML bug bounty platform (huntr.com), confirming AI relevance.
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability in the public-facing web application (chuanhuchatgpt) enables exploitation for initial access (T1190) and allows arbitrary folder creation at any location, facilitating disk space exhaustion for endpoint denial of service (T1499.001).
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MITRE ATLAS techniques
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
This control implements explicit throttling on session allocation, addressing the weakness of allocating resources without limits.
Plan testing exercises resource allocation limits and throttling during simulated failures, directly addressing weaknesses that allow unbounded resource use.
Contingency plan updates ensure recovery strategies address unbounded resource allocation, making it harder for attackers to exploit lack of throttling to cause prolonged outages.
Provides continuity when unbounded resource allocation at the primary site leads to exhaustion and downtime.
Alternate services allow operations to continue when primary allocation of resources lacks limits or throttling.
Explicit planning of security-related actions requires defining limits, windows, and resource allocations, making allocation without throttling far less likely.
Measures of performance include tracking allocation behavior and throttling effectiveness, reducing the window for resource exhaustion attacks.
Imposes an inactivity-based limit on network resource allocation, throttling the number of concurrently held connections.