CVE-2023-24998
Apache Commons FileUpload, Apache Tomcat: FileUpload DoS with excessive parts
HIGH 7.5EPSS 48.8%
Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.5 does not limit the number of request parts to be processed resulting in the possibility of an attacker triggering a DoS with a malicious upload or series of uploads.Note that, like all of the file upload limits, the new configuration option (FileUploadBase#setFileCountMax) is not enabled by default and must be explicitly configured.
- Affected
- Apache Software Foundation · Apache Commons FileUpload · Apache Tomcat
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS
- 48.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile
- Published
- 2023-02-20
- Updated
- 2026-10-07
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- nice1st/CVE-2023-249984★ · 2023-03-29
Security advisories
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/4xl4l09mhwg4vgsk7dxqogcjrobrrdoy
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00020.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5522
- advisories/GHSA-hfrx-6qgj-fp6c