CVE-2024-42481
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSkyport Daemon (skyportd) is the daemon for the Skyport Panel. By making thousands of folders & files (easy due to skyport's lack of rate limiting on createFolder. createFile), skyportd in a lot of cases will cause 100% CPU usage and an OOM, probably crashing the system. This is fixed in 0.2.2.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSkyport Daemon (skyportd) lacks rate limiting on createFolder and createFile API functions, allowing attackers to rapidly create thousands of files and folders. This causes 100% CPU usage and memory exhaustion (OOM), leading to system crash.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 0.2.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Skyportd versionRun 'skyportd --version' or check the package manager for the installed skyportd package versionAffected if The version number is less than 0.2.2 (e.g., 0.2.1, 0.2.0, etc.)
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Verify API service is runningCheck if the skyportd service is actively running (e.g., systemctl status skyportd or process list)Affected if The service is running and responds to API requests on the configured port
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Confirm API endpoints are exposedSend a test request to the createFolder or createFile endpoints using curl or similar toolAffected if The API returns success responses, indicating the endpoints are accessible without authentication or rate limiting
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Check for rate limiting configurationInspect skyportd configuration files for rate limit settings related to file/folder creation (look for rate_limit, throttle, or similar directives)Affected if No rate limiting configuration exists or the createFolder/createFile endpoints are not explicitly rate-limited
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Test for absence of rate limitingSend multiple rapid requests to createFolder or createFile API in succession and observe if they all succeed without throttlingAffected if All requests complete successfully without HTTP 429 (Too Many Requests) responses or delays
You are affected if Skyportd version is below 0.2.2 AND the createFolder/createFile API endpoints are accessible without rate limiting in place.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped0.2.2
Implement rate limiting on file/folder creation endpoints and upgrade to version 0.2.2 or later.
0.2.2
- Verify current Skyportd version is below 0.2.2
- Upgrade Skyportd to version 0.2.2
- Verify the upgrade was successful and the service is running
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-42481 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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