Apache Commons FileUpload, Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS via part headers
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-770Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 15 fixed, 22 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.32877 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Apache Commons FileUpload (Apache Software Foundation): 1.6, 2.0.0-M4commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload (Maven): 1.6.0+1 more productRed Hat: 11 advisoriesRed Hat: 15 fixed, 22 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Commons FileUpload | 1.0 to before 1.6 | 1.6 | Patch available | CNA |
| Apache | Apache Commons FileUpload | 2.0.0-M1 to before 2.0.0-M4 | 2.0.0-M4 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload (Maven) | 1.0 to before 1.6.0 | 1.6.0 | Patch available | GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj |
| — | org.apache.commons:commons-fileupload2-core (Maven) | 2.0.0-M1 to before 2.0.0-M4 | 2.0.0-M4 | Patch available | GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj |
- Apache Commons FileUpload VendorApache Affected 1.0 to before 1.6 Fixed in 1.6 Patch available CNA
- Apache Commons FileUpload VendorApache Affected 2.0.0-M1 to before 2.0.0-M4 Fixed in 2.0.0-M4 Patch available CNA
- commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0 to before 1.6.0 Fixed in 1.6.0 Patch available GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj
- org.apache.commons:commons-fileupload2-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0-M1 to before 2.0.0-M4 Fixed in 2.0.0-M4 Patch available GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj
CPE configurations NVD · 7
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.0 to before 1.6 | Vulnerable | Apache |
| cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 m1 | Vulnerable | Apache |
| cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m1-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 m1-rc1 | Vulnerable | Apache |
| cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 m2 | Vulnerable | Apache |
| cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m2-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 m2-rc1 | Vulnerable | Apache |
| cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 m3 | Vulnerable | Apache |
| cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m3-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 m3-rc1 | Vulnerable | Apache |
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 to before 1.6 Vulnerable ·Apache
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 m1 Vulnerable ·Apache
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m1-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 m1-rc1 Vulnerable ·Apache
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 m2 Vulnerable ·Apache
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m2-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 m2-rc1 Vulnerable ·Apache
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 m3 Vulnerable ·Apache
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m3-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 m3-rc1 Vulnerable ·Apache
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Apache Commons FileUpload (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 1.6
- Fix · CNA Apache Commons FileUpload (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.0.0-M4
- Fix · GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload (Maven) Fixed in 1.6.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj org.apache.commons:commons-fileupload2-core (Maven) Fixed in 2.0.0-M4 Advisory →
Red Hat 11 advisories
- RHSA-2025:14180 Released 2025-08-20 · Red Hat rating Importanttomcat security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) tomcat-1:9.0.87-1.el9_4.6, tomcat-admin-webapps-1:9.0.87-1.el9_4.6, tomcat-docs-webapp-1:9.0.87-1.el9_4.6 +5
- RHSA-2025:14181 Released 2025-08-20 · Red Hat rating Importanttomcat security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) tomcat-1:9.0.87-3.el9_6.3, tomcat-admin-webapps-1:9.0.87-3.el9_6.3, tomcat-docs-webapp-1:9.0.87-3.el9_6.3 +5
- RHSA-2025:14183 Released 2025-08-20 · Red Hat rating Importanttomcat security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) tomcat-1:9.0.87-1.el9_2.6, tomcat-admin-webapps-1:9.0.87-1.el9_2.6, tomcat-docs-webapp-1:9.0.87-1.el9_2.6 +5
Show 8 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2025:14177 Released 2025-08-20 · Red Hat rating Importanttomcat security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) tomcat-1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6, tomcat-admin-webapps-1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6, tomcat-docs-webapp-1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6 +5
- RHSA-2025:14182 Released 2025-08-20 · Red Hat rating Importanttomcat security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) tomcat-1:9.0.87-1.el8_8.7, tomcat-admin-webapps-1:9.0.87-1.el8_8.7, tomcat-docs-webapp-1:9.0.87-1.el8_8.7 +5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) tomcat-1:9.0.87-1.el8_8.7, tomcat-admin-webapps-1:9.0.87-1.el8_8.7, tomcat-docs-webapp-1:9.0.87-1.el8_8.7 +5
- RHSA-2025:14179 Released 2025-08-20 · Red Hat rating Importanttomcat security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) tomcat-1:10.1.36-1.el10_0.2, tomcat-admin-webapps-1:10.1.36-1.el10_0.2, tomcat-docs-webapp-1:10.1.36-1.el10_0.2 +5
- RHSA-2025:14178 Released 2025-08-20 · Red Hat rating Importanttomcat9 security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) tomcat9-1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3, tomcat9-admin-webapps-1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3, tomcat9-docs-webapp-1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3 +5
- RHSA-2025:11742 Released 2025-07-30 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.1 release and security update
- Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.1
- RHSA-2025:11741 Released 2025-07-30 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.1 release and security update
- Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1 for RHEL 10 jws6-tomcat-10.1.36-7.redhat_00008.1.el10jws, jws6-tomcat-admin-webapps-10.1.36-7.redhat_00008.1.el10jws, jws6-tomcat-docs-webapp-10.1.36-7.redhat_00008.1.el10jws +7
- Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1 for RHEL 8 jws6-tomcat-10.1.36-7.redhat_00008.1.el8jws, jws6-tomcat-admin-webapps-10.1.36-7.redhat_00008.1.el8jws, jws6-tomcat-docs-webapp-10.1.36-7.redhat_00008.1.el8jws +7
- Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1 for RHEL 9 jws6-tomcat-10.1.36-7.redhat_00008.1.el9jws, jws6-tomcat-admin-webapps-10.1.36-7.redhat_00008.1.el9jws, jws6-tomcat-docs-webapp-10.1.36-7.redhat_00008.1.el9jws +7
- RHSA-2025:11696 Released 2025-07-28 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8.5 release and security update
- Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8.5
- RHSA-2025:11695 Released 2025-07-28 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8.5 release and security update
- Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8 for RHEL 7 Server jws5-tomcat-9.0.87-12.redhat_00011.1.el7jws, jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.87-12.redhat_00011.1.el7jws, jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp-9.0.87-12.redhat_00011.1.el7jws +9
- Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8 for RHEL 8 jws5-tomcat-9.0.87-12.redhat_00011.1.el8jws, jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.87-12.redhat_00011.1.el8jws, jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp-9.0.87-12.redhat_00011.1.el8jws +7
- Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8 for RHEL 9 jws5-tomcat-9.0.87-12.redhat_00011.1.el9jws, jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.87-12.redhat_00011.1.el9jws, jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp-9.0.87-12.redhat_00011.1.el9jws +7
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| A-MQ Clients 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Data Grid 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Debezium 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Debezium 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| streams for Apache Kafka | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| streams for Apache Kafka 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:14178, RHSA-2025:14179 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:14177 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:14181 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:14182 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:14183 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:14180 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:14182 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8 for RHEL 7 Server | Fixed | RHSA-2025:11695 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:11695 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:11695 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:11696 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1 for RHEL 10 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:11741 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:11741 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1 for RHEL 9 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:11741 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:11742 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-48976
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj
- 2026-10-09 Fix available: RHSA-2025:11742 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-27 Fix available: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.1.1 · Red Hat
References
Advisory 3
Other 6
- https://github.com/apache/commons-fileupload/commit/b247774a72a044f5d5380ae947140ee80af4e78b
- https://github.com/apache/commons-fileupload/commit/bf68f63cfb312ef4710fb3dfb4d8e4e1665f4497
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/97790a35a27d236fa053e660676c3f8196284d93
- https://github.com/apache/commons-fileupload
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00009.html
More Apache Commons Fileupload vulnerabilities
- TI-2014-00048 MultipartStream.java in Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.3.1, as used in Apache Tomcat… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-09287 Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.3.3 DiskFileItem File Manipulation Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-10471 Apache Commons FileUpload, Apache Tomcat: FileUpload DoS with excessive parts CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-02591 The MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload before 1.3.2, as used in Apache… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2013-00182 The default configuration of javax.servlet.context.tempdir in Apache Commons FileUpload… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-48976 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-48976 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-48976 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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