PyPI: werkzeug

CVE-2024-49767

Safety vulnerability ID: SFTY-20241025-51149

Safety legacy ID: pyup.io-73889

Affected versions of Werkzeug are potentially vulnerable to resource exhaustion when parsing file data in forms. Applications using 'werkzeug.formparser.MultiPartParser' to parse 'multipart/form-data' requests (e.g. all flask applications) are vulnerable to a relatively simple but effective resource exhaustion (denial of service) attack. A specifically crafted form submission request can cause the parser to allocate and block 3 to 8 times the upload size in main memory. There is no upper limit; a single upload at 1 Gbit/s can exhaust 32 GB of RAM in less than 60 seconds.

Created at: Nov 6, 2025Updated at: Nov 6, 2025

Overview

Werkzeug possible resource exhaustion when parsing file data in forms

Advisory

Affected versions of Werkzeug are potentially vulnerable to resource exhaustion when parsing file data in forms. Applications using 'werkzeug.formparser.MultiPartParser' to parse 'multipart/form-data' requests (e.g. all flask applications) are vulnerable to a relatively simple but effective resource exhaustion (denial of service) attack. A specifically crafted form submission request can cause the parser to allocate and block 3 to 8 times the upload size in main memory. There is no upper limit; a single upload at 1 Gbit/s can exhaust 32 GB of RAM in less than 60 seconds.

Affected Package

Affecting werkzeug package, versions
<3.0.6

Also affects

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How to Fix

Upgrade
werkzeug
to
3.0.6
or higher.

Mitigation and Workarounds

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Vulnerable Functions

Functions linked to known vulnerabilities.

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