CVE-2024-49767CWE-400CWE-770

Werkzeug possible resource exhaustion when parsing file data in forms

Medium · published October 25, 2024

CVSS v4.0
6.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Werkzeug is a Web Server Gateway Interface web application library. Applications using `werkzeug.formparser.MultiPartParser` corresponding to a version of Werkzeug prior to 3.0.6 to parse `multipart/form-data` requests (e.g. all flask applications) are vulnerable to a relatively simple but effective resource exhaustion (denial of service) attack. A specifically crafted form submission request can cause the parser to allocate and block 3 to 8 times the upload size in main memory. There is no upper limit; a single upload at 1 Gbit/s can exhaust 32 GB of RAM in less than 60 seconds. Werkzeug version 3.0.6 fixes this issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.01095 · 65.3th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption; CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2024-10-25T19:41Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 OCT 19:41Z
    Werkzeug possible resource exhaustion when parsing file data in forms
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