CVE-2025-32959 CUBA Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) in the File Storage

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service by uploading excessively large files to the local file storage, exhausting server space.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-32959?

CVE-2025-32959 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in cuba-platform cuba, published on 22 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

CUBA Platform is a high level framework for enterprise applications development. Prior to version 7.2.23, the local file storage implementation does not restrict the size of uploaded files. An attacker could exploit this by uploading excessively large files, potentially causing the server to run out of space and return HTTP 500 error, resulting in a denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 7.2.23. A workaround is provided on the Jmix documentation website.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-32959?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.haulmont.cuba:cuba-core.

PackageAffectedFixed in
com.haulmont.cuba:cuba-core MavenAll versions7.2.23
com.haulmont.cuba:cuba-core MavenAll versions7.2.23

How do I fix CVE-2025-32959?

Upgrade com.haulmont.cuba:cuba-core to 7.2.23 or later.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-32959 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32959 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w3mp-6vrj-875g.

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