CVE-2024-0241Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Service interruption via unbounded encoded ID decoding

Published Jan 4, 2024 · Updated Jul 14, 2026

Uncontrolled resource consumption in encoded_id-rails before 1.0.0.beta2 allows remote attackers to interrupt Rails applications. The ID decoder passes an extremely long route or query ID to hashids, consuming heavy CPU time and allocating more than 200 MB of intermediate objects. No authentication or user interaction is required, although web-server URI limits can reject requests before decoding.

CVSS severity7.5
High
EPSS probability1.11%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled resource consumption in encoded_id-rails before 1.0.0.beta2 allows remote attackers to interrupt Rails applications. The ID decoder passes an extremely long route or query ID to hashids, consuming heavy CPU time and allocating more than 200 MB of intermediate objects. No authentication or user interaction is required, although web-server URI limits can reject requests before decoding.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-0241
Published
Jan 4, 2024
Updated
Jul 14, 2026
Vendor
Stevegeek
Product
encoded_id-rails
Classifications
CWE-770, CWE-400, T1499
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 4, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <1.0.0.beta2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Stevegeek · encoded_id-railsversion=0 <1.0.0.beta2

Published CVSS scores

7.5CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5GitHubCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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