CVE-2025-48976
Aliases:GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 19
Modified
Published: 16 Jun 2025, 15:00
Last modified:03 Nov 2025, 20:05
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100 CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
1.28% LOW
1% probability +1.08%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
16 Jun 2025, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Nov 2025, 20:05
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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
- v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 1.28%• Percentile: 80%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-770•Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.
Affected Systems
- apache software foundation•apache commons fileupload
≥ 1.0, < 1.6 | ≥ 2.0.0-M1, < 2.0.0-M4
- apache•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
- commons-fileupload•commons-fileupload
≥ 1.0, < 1.6.0
- org.apache.commons•commons-fileupload2-core
≥ 2.0.0-M1, < 2.0.0-M4
References (9)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/fbs3wrr3p67vkjcxogqqqqz45pqtso12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00009.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48976
- 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