# CVE-2024-32886: GO-2024-2826 - Denial of service attack by triggering unbounded memory usage in vitess.io/vitess

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-32886-vitess-vulnerable-to-infinite-memory-consumption-and-vtgate-crash  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-05-10  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-32886 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-05-10

Denial of service attack by triggering unbounded memory usage in vitess.io/vitess

Technologies: [vitess.io/vitess (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/vitess-io-vitess). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-32886 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-32886 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-32886?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 10 May 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/vitessio/vitess (Go) SEMVER:introduced=19.0.0,fixed=19.0.4; vitess.io/vitess (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.17.7, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.17.7,introduced=0.18.0,fixed=0.18.5,introduced=0.19.0,fixed=0.19.4.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-32886?** Yes. github.com/vitessio/vitess (Go): upgrade to 19.0.4 or later; vitess.io/vitess (Go): upgrade to 0.17.7, 0.19.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-32886?** Check whether you run github.com/vitessio/vitess (Go) or vitess.io/vitess (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- github.com/vitessio/vitess (Go): upgrade to 19.0.4 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/vitessio/vitess@v19.0.4
  ```

- vitess.io/vitess (Go): upgrade to 0.17.7, 0.19.4 or later

  ```sh
  go get vitess.io/vitess@v0.19.4
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/vitessio/vitess (Go) SEMVER:introduced=19.0.0,fixed=19.0.4
- vitess.io/vitess (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.17.7, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.17.7,introduced=0.18.0,fixed=0.18.5,introduced=0.19.0,fixed=0.19.4

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-32886
- GHSA-649x-hxfx-57j2
- GO-2024-2826

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