CVE-2024-31994: Mealie is a self hosted recipe manager and meal planner

Q: How do I fix CVE-2024-31994?

mealie: upgrade to 1.4.0. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Q: Is CVE-2024-31994 being exploited?

CVE-2024-31994 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

Q: What does CVE-2024-31994 affect?

CVE-2024-31994 affects mealie. Severity is medium (CVSS 6.5). Mealie is a self hosted recipe manager and meal planner. Prior to 1.4.0, an attacker can point the image request to an arbitrarily large file. Mealie will attempt to retrieve this file in whole. If it can be retrieved, it may be stored on t

Q: How urgent is CVE-2024-31994?

Priority 33/100. Public exploit reference

Routine

MEDIUM 6.5UPGRADE

CVE-2024-31994 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) affecting mealie. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

Mealie is a self hosted recipe manager and meal planner. Prior to 1.4.0, an attacker can point the image request to an arbitrarily large file. Mealie will attempt to retrieve this file in whole. If it can be retrieved, it may be stored on the file system in whole (leading to possible disk consumption), however the more likely scenario given resource limitations is that the container will OOM during file retrieval if the target file size is greate

Why this priority

Public exploit reference

A fixed release or distro patch exists.

Risk facts

CVSS score	6.5 (Medium)
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges needed	Low
User interaction	None
EPSS exploit chance	0.3% (top 80%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-400, CWE-770
Published	2024-04-19
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): GitHub, Inc. · Vendor: mealie

Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2024-04-19 22:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 07:29 UTCUpdated Record last modified

mealie mealie UPGRADE

Affected: < 1.4.0

Fixed in: 1.4.0

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy mealie || rpm -q mealie || mealie --version

2. UPGRADE to 1.4.0 (Debian / Ubuntu)

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade mealie

2. UPGRADE (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Fedora)

sudo dnf upgrade mealie

Note

Distros often backport fixes without changing the version number. Confirm with the distro advisory or changelog.

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Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2024-31994?

mealie: upgrade to 1.4.0. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2024-31994 being exploited?

CVE-2024-31994 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2024-31994 affect?

CVE-2024-31994 affects mealie. Severity is medium (CVSS 6.5). Mealie is a self hosted recipe manager and meal planner. Prior to 1.4.0, an attacker can point the image request to an arbitrarily large file. Mealie will attempt to retrieve this file in whole. If it can be retrieved, it may be stored on t

How urgent is CVE-2024-31994?

Priority 33/100. Public exploit reference

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References

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