🛡️ CVE-2024-49767 on Debian — python-werkzeug
Description
Werkzeug is a Web Server Gateway Interface web application library. Applications using werkzeug.formparser.MultiPartParser corresponding to a version of Werkzeug prior to 3.0.6 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. Werkzeug version 3.0.6 fixes this issue.
Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2024-49767 as tracked by Debian, for the package python-werkzeug. The fix is available in version 3.1.3-2; earlier versions remain affected.
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.
Weakness class
DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49767 is classified as CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. A request can consume memory, CPU or storage without limit, exhausting capacity for everyone else.
Affected software
DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49767 is recorded against 2 packages.
- python-werkzeug (fixed in 3.1.3-2)
- quart (fixed in 0.19.9-1)
Timeline and source
Published on 25 October 2024 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
CVE-2024-49767 on other distributions
Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| python-werkzeug | — | 3.1.3-2 |
| quart | — | 0.19.9-1 |
References
Similar Threats
- High OESA-2025-1424
- Unknown DLA-4062-1
- Unknown MGASA-2024-0351
- Unknown AZL-51690
- Unknown AZL-51723
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