An authenticated user can crash lakeFS by exhausting server memory
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
lakeFS is an open-source tool that transforms your object storage into a Git-like repository. In affected versions an authenticated user can crash lakeFS by exhausting server memory. This is an authenticated denial-of-service issue. This problem has been patched in version 1.50.0. Users on versions 1.49.1 and below are affected. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should either set the environment variable `LAKEFS_BLOCKSTORE_S3_DISABLE_PRE_SIGNED_MULTIPART` to `true` or configure the `disable_pre_signed_multipart` key to true in their config yaml.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| treeverse | lakeFS | before 1.50.0 | 1.50.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/treeverse/lakefs (Go) | before 1.50.0 | 1.50.0 | Patch available | GHSA-j7jw-28jm-whr6 |
- lakeFS Vendortreeverse Affected before 1.50.0 Fixed in 1.50.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/treeverse/lakefs (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.50.0 Fixed in 1.50.0 Patch available GHSA-j7jw-28jm-whr6
Remediation
- Fix · CNA lakeFS (treeverse) Fixed in 1.50.0
- Fix · GHSA-j7jw-28jm-whr6 github.com/treeverse/lakefs (Go) Fixed in 1.50.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-27100
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j7jw-28jm-whr6
References
More treeverse vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-47004 lakeFS Unauthenticated Operator Metadata Overwrite via setup_comm_prefs CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-35469 lakeFS vulnerable to stored XSS in rendered markdown previews via raw HTML CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-21178 lakeFS vulnerable to path traversal in local block adapter allow cross-namespace and sibling directory access CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-42164 lakeFS is Missing Timestamp Validation in S3 Gateway Authentication CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-39622 lakeFS: Unauthenticated access to API usage metrics CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-29379 Re-creating a deleted user in lakeFS will re-enable previous user credentials that existed prior to it's deletion CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.7
Sources
- CVE-2025-27100 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-27100 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j7jw-28jm-whr6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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