CVE-2023-46136
Werkzeug is a comprehensive WSGI web application library. In versions on the 3.x branch prior to 3.0.1 and on the 2.x branch prior to 2.3.8, if an upload of a file that starts with CR or LF and then is followed by megabytes of data without these characters: all of these bytes are appended chunk by chunk into internal bytearray and lookup for boundary is performed on growing buffer. 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. This vulnerability has been patched in version 3.0.1 and 2.3.8.
Published:Oct 24, 2023
Last Modified:May 20, 2026
EPS:Oct 24, 2023
EPSS Score:0.00637
CVSS Score:8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Palletsprojects
Product
Werkzeug
Palletsprojects
Werkzeug
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Ceph Storage
Redhat
Ceph Storage
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Openshift Ironic
Redhat
Openshift Ironic
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Openstack
Redhat
Openstack
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
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Availability
None
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