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CVE-2025-48976

Allocation of resources for multipart headers with insufficient limits enabled a DoS vulnerability in Apache Commons Fil

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01278
Schedule remediation
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
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Affected Products & Versions

2
apache commons fileupload>= 1.0 and < 1.6
apache commons fileuploadall versions
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Affected Packages

2
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload HIGH fixed in 1.6.0
Maven org.apache.commons:commons-fileupload2-core HIGH fixed in 2.0.0-M4
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@apache.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD16 Jun 2025 · 03:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

17
siemens-csafSSA-640476
rhsaRHSA-2025:14183Important
rhsaRHSA-2025:14177Important
rhsaRHSA-2025:14178Important
rhsaRHSA-2025:14179Important
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://lists.apache.org/thread/fbs3wrr3p67vkjcxogqqqqz45pqtso12Mailing ListVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/4Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00008.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00009.html
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