CVE-2025-48976 (GCVE-0-2025-48976)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-16 15:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:05
VLAI
Title
Apache Commons FileUpload, Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS via part headers
Summary
Allocation of resources for multipart headers with insufficient limits enabled a DoS vulnerability in Apache Commons FileUpload. This issue affects Apache Commons FileUpload: from 1.0 before 1.6; from 2.0.0-M1 before 2.0.0-M4. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 1.6 or 2.0.0-M4, which fix the issue.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-17 14:04 UTC
CWE
  • Allocation of resources with insufficient limits
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
TERASOLUNA Framework Security Team of NTT DATA Group Corporation
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