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low 3.7

CVE-2026-53540 json

Python-Multipart: Negative Content-Length in parse_form buffers the entire body in memory

published 2026-06-15 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-25 14 d ago also GHSA-v9pg-7xvm-68hf , PYSEC-2026-3040 , EUVD-2026-38325

cvss
3.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi python-multipart 0.0.31
  • fastapiexpert python-multipart 0.0.31
  • python-multipart Debian 14 0.0.32-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53540

  • python-python-multipart SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 0.0.20-160000.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:22372-1

  • python-python-multipart openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20-160000.5.1
  • python-python-multipart openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.0.32-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21066-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11099-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-53540 updated cvss 3.7

python-multipart: Python-Multipart: Negative Content-Length in parse_form buffers the entire body in memory

  • Red Hat Exploit Intelligence exploit-intelligence-tech-preview/vulnerability-analysis-rhel9 Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8 mta/mta-solution-server-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-ocp-rag-rhel9, openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-service-api-rhel9 Red Hat AI Inference Server rhaii/vllm-cpu-rhel9, rhaii/vllm-tpu-rhel9, rhaii/vllm-cuda-rhel9, rhaii/vllm-rocm-rhel9, rhaiis/vllm-cpu-rhel9, rhaiis/vllm-tpu-rhel9, +7 more Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-26/mcp-tools-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-27/mcp-tools-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel8, ansible-automation-platform-26/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-27/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 rhelai3/bootc-cuda-rhel9, rhelai3/bootc-rocm-rhel9, rhelai3/bootc-gaudi-rhel9, rhelai3/bootc-aws-cuda-rhel9, rhelai3/bootc-gcp-cuda-rhel9, rhelai3/disk-image-cuda-rhel9, +2 more
    +3 more products
    Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-automl-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mlserver-rhel9, rhoai/odh-caikit-nlp-rhel9, rhoai/odh-vllm-gaudi-rhel9, rhoai/odh-kserve-agent-rhel9, rhoai/odh-kserve-router-rhel9, +8 more Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 container-native-virtualization/ocp-virt-validation-checkup-rhel9 Red Hat Satellite 6 satellite/iop-vmaas-rhel9, satellite/foreman-mcp-server-rhel9, satellite/iop-advisor-engine-rhel9, satellite/iop-host-inventory-rhel9, satellite/iop-vulnerability-engine-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-agentic-sandbox-rhel9 Red Hat Hardened Images jaeger
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
OSV 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
GitHub 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi python-multipart
<0.0.31
0.0.31

Affected products

  • Kludex python-multipart

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

References

Sources

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