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Critical, CVSS 9.1amended

Aim path traversal in LockManager.release_locks

CVE-2024-8769GHSA-4qcx-jx49-6qrh

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

  • PyPI aim

    Affected
    >= 3.15.0, <= 3.27.0
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
9.1 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2024-8769: 0.93% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 60.55 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

A vulnerability in the `LockManager.release_locks` function in aimhubio/aim (commit bb76afe) allows for arbitrary file deletion through relative path traversal. The `run_hash` parameter, which is user-controllable, is concatenated without normalization as part of a path used to specify file deletion. This vulnerability is exposed through the `Repo._close_run()` method, which is accessible via the tracking server instruction API. As a result, an attacker can exploit this to delete any arbitrary file on the machine running the tracking server.

Dates and revisions
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Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 4 · amended ·

    Amended from osv record GHSA-4qcx-jx49-6qrh

  2. Revision 3 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-4qcx-jx49-6qrh

  3. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-4qcx-jx49-6qrh

  4. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-4qcx-jx49-6qrh

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2024-8769

Advisory: Aim path traversal in LockManager.release_locks
IDs: CVE-2024-8769, GHSA-4qcx-jx49-6qrh
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2024-8769 (revision 4, source checked 27 Oct 2026, 06:15 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.1)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- PyPI aim: affected >= 3.15.0, <= 3.27.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `python -m pip show aim`: prints the installed version. Run with the environment that serves production active.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on aim.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4qcx-jx49-6qrh (OSV record GHSA-4qcx-jx49-6qrh lists affected ranges: PyPI aim >=3.15.0 <=3.27.0)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qcx-jx49-6qrh (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-4qcx-jx49-6qrh lists affected ranges: PyPI aim >=3.15.0 <=3.27.0)

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