Denial of service in Werkzeug
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2023-46136 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-407 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Werkzeug Web applications / JS libraries |
| Vendor | The Pallets Projects |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
EUVDB-ID: #VU82548
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46136
CWE-ID:
CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to high resource usage when parsing multipart/form-data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsWerkzeug: 0.1 - 3.0.0
External linkshttp://github.com/pallets/werkzeug/commit/f3c803b3ade485a45f12b6d6617595350c0f03e2
http://github.com/pallets/werkzeug/security/advisories/GHSA-hrfv-mqp8-q5rw
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
