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

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.

Published: 2025-06-16 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-48976 is rated Moderate Risk (58.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.28%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-48976

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-30 1.10% 1.28% +0.18%
2 2026-04-28 1.28% 1.10% -0.18%
3 2026-04-24 — 1.28% —

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-48976

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-48976

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-48976

GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Commons FileUpload, Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS via part headers

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-48976

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-48976 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 4 source packages (libcommons-fileupload-java, tomcat10, tomcat11, tomcat9), 17 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 13, open 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-48976
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48976
suse high — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48976/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-48976 medium priority: Ubuntu including 7 source packages (libcommons-fileupload-java, tomcat10, …), 53 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 19, ignored 14, needs-triage 7, needed 6, not-affected 4, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-48976

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-48976

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache commons_fileupload >= 1.0, < 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache commons_fileupload 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache commons_fileupload 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m1-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache commons_fileupload 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache commons_fileupload 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m2-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache commons_fileupload 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache commons_fileupload 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:2.0.0:m3-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-48976

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