Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Apache Struts 2 (org.apache.struts:struts2-core) versions before 2.5.32, from 6.0.0 before 6.1.2.2, and from 6.2.0 before 6.3.0.1 are affected. When a multipart request has fields that exceed the maxStringLength limit, uploaded files remain in the struts.multipart.saveDir directory even though the request is denied. Upgrade to 2.5.32, 6.1.2.2, 6.3.0.1 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub Advisory Database |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.073, the 94th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:10 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-729q-fcgp-r5xh
- OSV: GHSA-729q-fcgp-r5xh
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41835
- github.com/apache/struts/commit/3292152f8c0a77ee4827beede82b6580478a2c2a
- github.com/apache/struts/commit/4c044f12560e22e00520595412830f9582d6dac7
- github.com/apache/struts/commit/bf54436869c264941dd192c752a4abfaa65d3711
- github.com/apache/struts
- lists.apache.org/thread/6wj530kh3ono8phr642y9sqkl67ys2ft
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231013-0001
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/09/1
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/09/1