7.5

CVE-2025-48976: Apache Commons FileUpload, Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS via part headers

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2025-0296SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1SUSE-SU-2025:02184-1
Published 16-06-2025Last modified 03-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-48976 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in apache software foundation apache commons fileupload. EPSS estimates a 32.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 33% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
32.88%
0%100%
High · -0.09 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 2
DLA-4244-1DLA-4245-1DSA-6120-1DSA-6121-1RHSA-2025:11695RHSA-2025:11741

Timeline

  1. 16-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

32.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.09 pp

From 32.96% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse17 products
  • apache-commons-fileupload&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1
  • apache-commons-fileupload&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1
  • apache-commons-fileupload&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1
  • apache-commons-fileupload&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1
  • apache-commons-fileupload&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS< 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1
Chainguard12 products
  • geoserver-2.27< 2.27.1-r1
  • geoserver-2.27-community< 2.27.1-r1
  • geoserver-2.27-docker< 2.27.1-r1
  • jenkins-2< 2.515-r0
  • jenkins-2-openjdk-17< 2.515-r0
Wolfi7 products
  • jenkins-2< 2.515-r0
  • jenkins-2-openjdk-17< 2.515-r0
  • jenkins-2-openjdk-21< 2.515-r0
  • jenkins-compat< 2.515-r0
  • jenkins-docker-agent-openjdk-21< 2.515-r0
Ubuntu5 products
  • libcommons-fileupload-javaAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat6All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat9All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian4 products
  • libcommons-fileupload-javaAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.6.0-1
  • tomcat10< 10.1.52-1~deb12u1 | < 10.1.52-1~deb13u1 | < 10.1.46-1
  • tomcat11< 11.0.15-1~deb13u1 | < 11.0.11-1
  • tomcat9< 9.0.70-2
Opensuse2 products
  • apache-commons-fileupload&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1
  • apache-commons-fileupload&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.6.0-1.1
Apache1 product
  • commons_fileupload≥ 1.0, < 1.6 | 2.0.0:m1 | 2.0.0:m1-rc1 | 2.0.0:m2 | 2.0.0:m2-rc1 | 2.0.0:m3 | 2.0.0:m3-rc1
Apache software foundation1 product
Commons-fileupload1 product
  • commons-fileupload≥ 1.0, < 1.6.0
Mageia1 product
  • apache-commons-fileupload< 1.4-5.1.mga9
Org.apache.commons1 product
  • commons-fileupload2-core≥ 2.0.0-M1, < 2.0.0-M4

11 vendors · 52 products

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