Copyparty is vulnerable to Regex Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks through "Recent Uploads" page
Priority HIGH 72CWE-1333Published · 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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
Copyparty is a portable file server. Versions prior to 1.18.9, the filter parameter for the "Recent Uploads" page allows arbitrary RegExes. If this feature is enabled (which is the default), an attacker can craft a filter which deadlocks the server. This is fixed in version 1.18.9.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00495 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed copyparty (9001): 1.18.9copyparty (PyPI): 1.18.9
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9001 | copyparty | before 1.18.9 | 1.18.9 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | copyparty (PyPI) | before 1.18.9 | 1.18.9 | Patch available | GHSA-5662-2rj7-f2v6 |
- copyparty Vendor9001 Affected before 1.18.9 Fixed in 1.18.9 Patch available CNA
- copyparty (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.18.9 Fixed in 1.18.9 Patch available GHSA-5662-2rj7-f2v6
Remediation
- Fix · CNA copyparty (9001) Fixed in 1.18.9
- Fix · GHSA-5662-2rj7-f2v6 copyparty (PyPI) Fixed in 1.18.9 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-54796
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5662-2rj7-f2v6
References
More 9001 Copyparty vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-19082 Path traversal in copyparty CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-21990 Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in copyparty before 1.9.2 allows a local attacker to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-19881 copyparty vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via k304 parameter CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2025-34228 copyparty has a DOM-Based XSS vulnerability when displaying multimedia metadata CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2025-20002 copyparty renders unsanitized filenames as HTML when user uploads empty files CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2025-34360 copyparty Reflected XSS via Filter Parameter CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-54796 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-54796 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5662-2rj7-f2v6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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