CVE-2026-53540 (GCVE-0-2026-53540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-22 16:58 – Updated: 2026-06-22 17:21
VLAI
Title
Python-Multipart: Negative Content-Length in parse_form buffers the entire body in memory
Summary
Python-Multipart is a streaming multipart parser for Python. Prior to 0.0.31, parse_form() did not validate the Content-Length header before using it to bound its chunked read of the request body. A negative Content-Length turned the bounded read into a read-until-EOF, so the entire body was loaded into memory in a single read instead of in fixed-size chunks. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.0.31.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-22 17:21 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1284 - Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7858 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Kludex python-multipart Affected: < 0.0.31
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