Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting craftcms/cms package, versions >=3.0.0, <4.16.17>=5.0.0-RC1, <5.8.21
Threat Intelligence
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- published13 Jan 2026
- disclosed5 Jan 2026
- credith4x0r_dz
Introduced: 5 Jan 2026
CVE-2025-68456 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade craftcms/cms to version 4.16.17, 5.8.21 or higher.
Overview
craftcms/cms is a content management system.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling over the /admin/actions/updater/backup endpoint. An unauthenticated user can cause resource exhaustion or access sensitive backup files by sending requests when database backups are enabled.
Note: This is only exploitable if the backupOnUpdate configuration is set to true.