{"id":"CVE-2023-24998","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-24998","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T23:41:10.937Z","title":"Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.5 does not limit the number of request parts to be processed resulting in the possibility of an attacker triggering a DoS with a malicious upload or series of uploads.","description":"Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.5 does not limit the number of request parts to be processed resulting in the possibility of an attacker triggering a DoS with a malicious upload or series of uploads.\n\n\n\n\nNote that, like all of the file upload limits, the\n          new configuration option (FileUploadBase#setFileCountMax) is not\n          enabled by default and must be explicitly configured.","published":"2023-02-20T16:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-07T17:16:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-770"],"affected":["apache/commons fileupload","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.48788,"percentile":0.98878,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/22/1","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/4xl4l09mhwg4vgsk7dxqogcjrobrrdoy","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00020.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-37","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5522","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/22/1","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/4xl4l09mhwg4vgsk7dxqogcjrobrrdoy","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00020.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00008.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-37","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230302-0013/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5522","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24998","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}