HighGHSA-39fp-mqmm-gxj6CVE-2024-29904

CodeIgniter4 DoS Vulnerability

Published 29 Mar 2024 · Updated 10 Sept 2026

Affected package

codeigniter4/frameworkComposer
Affected
<4.4.7
Fixed in
4.4.7
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:composer require codeigniter4/framework:^4.4.7

Details

Impact

A vulnerability was found in the Language class that allowed DoS attacks. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to consume a large amount of memory on the server.

Patches

Upgrade to v4.4.7 or later. See upgrading guide.

Workarounds

  • Disabling Auto Routing prevents a known attack vector in the framework.
  • Do not pass invalid values to the lang() function or Language class.

References

  • https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/outgoing/localization.html#language-localization
  • https://codeigniter4.github.io/userguide/general/common_functions.html#lang

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References

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