CVE-2024-6863

CVSS 3.0 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Mar 20, 2025
CWE ID 749

Summary

CVE-2024-6863 is a vulnerability affecting h2oai's h2o-3 version 3.46.0. An attacker can exploit an endpoint that exposes a custom EncryptionTool, which allows them to encrypt any files on the target server with a key of their choosing. This malicious encryption behavior can result in ransomware-like effects, as the attacker can overwrite the keys used for decryption, making it extremely challenging for the target to recover their encrypted data.

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