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CVE-2025-48976VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Commons fileupload:commons fileupload: Apache Commons FileUpload, Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS via part

Affects commons-fileupload:commons-fileuploadSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-48976· High 7.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 1.6.0 soon.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CISA-ADPCVSS 3.17.5
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.6.0, 2.0.0-M4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 16 Jun 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload to 1.6.0; org.apache.commons:commons-fileupload2-core to 2.0.0-M4.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Mavencommons-fileupload:commons-fileuploadAffected
  • >=1.0 <1.6.0
Fixed in
  • 1.6.0
Mavenorg.apache.commons:commons-fileupload2-coreAffected
  • >=2.0.0-M1 <2.0.0-M4
Fixed in
  • 2.0.0-M4

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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.

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