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copyparty allows Regex Denial of Service (ReDoS) in the upload listing

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 1, 2025 in 9001/copyparty

Package

pip copyparty (pip)

Affected versions

<= 1.18.8

Patched versions

1.18.9

Description

Summary

The filter parameter for the "Recent uploads" page allows arbitrary Regexes. If this feature is enabled (which is the default), an attacker can craft a filter which deadlocks the server.

PoC

https://127.0.0.1:3923/?ru&filter=(.+)+x

Impact

The server becomes fully inaccessible for a long time.

References

@9001 9001 published to 9001/copyparty Aug 1, 2025
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 2, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 4, 2025
Reviewed Aug 4, 2025

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(13th percentile)

Weaknesses

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-54796

GHSA ID

GHSA-5662-2rj7-f2v6

Source code

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