Resource Exhaustion Affecting filebrowser package, versions <2.45.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-FILEBROWSER-15384289
  • published4 Mar 2026
  • disclosed15 Jul 2025

Introduced: 15 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-53893  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-789  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi filebrowser to version 2.45.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream filebrowser package and not the filebrowser package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

File Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename, and edit files. In version 2.38.0, a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the file processing logic when reading a file on endpoint Filebrowser-Server-IP:PORT/files/{file-name} . While the server correctly handles and stores uploaded files, it attempts to load the entire content into memory during read operations without size checks or resource limits. This allows an authenticated user to upload a large file and trigger uncontrolled memory consumption on read, potentially crashing the server and making it unresponsive. As of time of publication, no known patches are available.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1