GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-xg9f-g7g7-2323 High resource usage when parsing multipart form data with many fields

HIGH Published 2023-02-15 Modified 2024-11-19 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-25577
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
Werkzeug
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-400, CWE-770
Reviewed
2023-02-15

Affected packages

• PyPI Werkzeug: < 2.2.3 → fixed in 2.2.3

Description

Werkzeug's multipart form data parser will parse an unlimited number of parts, including file parts. Parts can be a small amount of bytes, but each requires CPU time to parse and may use more memory as Python data. If a request can be made to an endpoint that accesses `request.data`, `request.form`, `request.files`, or `request.get_data(parse_form_data=False)`, it can cause unexpectedly high resource usage. This allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by sending crafted multipart data to an endpoint that will parse it. The amount of CPU time required can block worker processes from handling legitimate requests. The amount of RAM required can trigger an out of memory kill of the process. Unlimited file parts can use up memory and file handles. If many concurrent requests are sent continuously, this can exhaust or kill all available workers.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-25577 Werkzeug is a comprehensive WSGI web application library. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References