CVE-2024-3508Network attack vector

Authenticated service interruption via unbounded SBOM decompression

Published Apr 25, 2024 · Updated Nov 20, 2025

Resource exhaustion in Bombastic for Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service via a bzip2 SBOM. The validator fully decompresses and buffers the upload in memory before parsing JSON, without limiting the expanded size. An authenticated account can submit a 69 KB bzip2 file that expands to about 100 GB, making the Bombastic pod unresponsive until OpenShift evicts and replaces it.

CVSS severity4.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.49%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in Bombastic for Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service via a bzip2 SBOM. The validator fully decompresses and buffers the upload in memory before parsing JSON, without limiting the expanded size. An authenticated account can submit a 69 KB bzip2 file that expands to about 100 GB, making the Bombastic pod unresponsive until OpenShift evicts and replaces it.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-3508
Published
Apr 25, 2024
Updated
Nov 20, 2025
Vendor
389 Directory Server
Product
Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer
Classifications
CWE-434, CWE-400, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 25, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

389 Directory Server · Red Hat Trusted Profile AnalyzerAffected versions are unavailable in this record.

Published CVSS scores

4.3Red Hat, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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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 exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

Public exploit references

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