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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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Commons FileUpload 1.0 – < 1.6, 2.0.0-M1 – < 2.0.0-M4 1.6

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libcommons-fileupload-java 1.6.0-1 —
Debian 14 tomcat10 10.1.46-1 —
Debian 14 tomcat11 11.0.11-1 —
Debian 14 tomcat9 9.0.70-2 —
Debian 13 libcommons-fileupload-java No fix yet —
Debian 13 tomcat10 10.1.52-1~deb13u1 DSA-6120-1
Debian 13 tomcat11 11.0.15-1~deb13u1 DSA-6121-1
Debian 13 tomcat9 9.0.70-2 —
Debian 12 libcommons-fileupload-java No fix yet —
Debian 12 tomcat10 10.1.52-1~deb12u1 DSA-6120-1
Debian 12 tomcat9 9.0.70-2 —
Debian 11 libcommons-fileupload-java 1.4-1+deb11u1 DLA-4245-1
Debian 11 tomcat9 9.0.107-0+deb11u1 DLA-4244-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 tomcat10 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS tomcat10 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 tomcat10 +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS tomcat10 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libcommons-fileupload-java No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libcommons-fileupload-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libcommons-fileupload-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libcommons-fileupload-java No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS tomcat9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS tomcat9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS tomcat9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS tomcat6 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 tomcat +7 1:10.1.36-1.el10_0.2 RHSA-2025:14179
RHEL 10 tomcat9 +7 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3 RHSA-2025:14178
RHEL 9 tomcat +7 1:9.0.87-3.el9_6.3 RHSA-2025:14181
RHEL 8 tomcat +7 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6 RHSA-2025:14177
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9.4 EUS tomcat +7 1:9.0.87-1.el9_4.6 RHSA-2025:14180
RHEL 9.2 E4S tomcat +7 1:9.0.87-1.el9_2.6 RHSA-2025:14183
RHEL 8.8 TUS tomcat +7 1:9.0.87-1.el8_8.7 RHSA-2025:14182
RHEL 8.8 E4S tomcat +7 1:9.0.87-1.el8_8.7 RHSA-2025:14182
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6 jws6-tomcat +9 10.1.36-7.redhat_00008.1.el8jws RHSA-2025:11741
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5 jws5-tomcat +11 9.0.87-12.redhat_00011.1.el7jws RHSA-2025:11695

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 tomcat9 +7 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3 ALSA-2025:14178
AlmaLinux 9 tomcat +7 1:9.0.87-3.el9_6.3 ALSA-2025:14181
AlmaLinux 8 tomcat +7 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6 ALSA-2025:14177

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 tomcat 1:10.1.36-1.el10_0.2 RLSA-2025:14179
Rocky Linux 10 tomcat9 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3 RLSA-2025:14178
Rocky Linux 9 tomcat 1:9.0.87-3.el9_6.3 RLSA-2025:14181
Rocky Linux 8 tomcat 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6 RLSA-2025:14177
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
SLES 15 SP6 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
SLES 15 SP5 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
SLES 15 SP4 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
SLES 15 SP3 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
Show 9 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP5 jakarta-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-126.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02184-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:15208-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 apache-commons-fileupload 1.6.0-150200.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02159-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 tomcat10 +7 1:10.1.42-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2025-1064
Amazon Linux 2023 tomcat9 +7 1:9.0.106-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2025-1065
Amazon Linux 2 tomcat +9 7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.12 ALAS2-2025-2920

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 tomcat +7 1:10.1.36-1.el10_0.2 ELSA-2025-14179
Oracle Linux 10 tomcat9 +7 1:9.0.87-5.el10_0.3 ELSA-2025-14178
Oracle Linux 9 tomcat +7 1:9.0.87-3.el9_6.3 ELSA-2025-14181
Oracle Linux 8 tomcat +7 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.6 ELSA-2025-14177

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling jenkins-2 +6 2.515-r0 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload >= 1.0, < 1.6.0 1.6.0 GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj
Maven org.apache.commons:commons-fileupload2-core >= 2.0.0-M1, < 2.0.0-M4 2.0.0-M4 GHSA-vv7r-c36w-3prj

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