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🛡️ CVE-2023-41835 — struts

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-459 NVD
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Apache Struts Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources vulnerability

When a Multipart request is performed but some of the fields exceed the maxStringLength limit, the upload files will remain in struts.multipart.saveDir even if the request has been denied.

Users are recommended to upgrade to versions Struts 2.5.32 or 6.1.2.2 or Struts 6.3.0.1 or greater, which fix this issue.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-41835 is classified as CWE-459: Incomplete Cleanup. Temporary state is not fully removed after use, leaving data or resources behind.

Affected software

CVE-2023-41835 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • org.apache.struts:struts2-core (fixed in 2.5.32)
  • struts (from 6.1.2.1 up to 6.3.0.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 5 December 2023 and last revised on 4 November 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
lists.apache.org (Web)
security.netapp.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

org.apache.struts:struts2-core has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-459: Incomplete Cleanup) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-459
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-12-05
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-11-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.struts:struts2-core — 2.5.32
struts 6.1.2.1 6.3.0.1

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