CVE-2024-31992Public exploitNetwork attack vector

CPU exhaustion via unthrottled remote-content imports

Published Apr 19, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Mealie before 1.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to exhaust server CPU through recipe imports. The safe_scrape_html function follows a user-supplied URL and streams arbitrarily large responses without rate limiting, keeping workers CPU-bound. Any authenticated account can sustain concurrent imports that consume all container CPU and generate indefinite traffic toward an external target.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.72%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Mealie before 1.4.0 allows remote authenticated users to exhaust server CPU through recipe imports. The safe_scrape_html function follows a user-supplied URL and streams arbitrarily large responses without rate limiting, keeping workers CPU-bound. Any authenticated account can sustain concurrent imports that consume all container CPU and generate indefinite traffic toward an external target.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-31992
Published
Apr 19, 2024
Updated
Aug 2, 2024
Vendor
mealie-recipes
Product
Mealie
Classifications
CWE-400, CWE-770, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.0.0
  2. Affected versionversion=< 1.4.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

mealie-recipes · Mealieversion=1.0.0; version=< 1.4.0

Published CVSS scores

6.5GitHub, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

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