Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Jun 17, 2025 14:49:49 UTC

CVE-2025-49176

A flaw was found in the Big Requests extension. The request length is multiplied by 4 before checking against the maximum allowed size, potentially causing an integer overflow and bypassing the size check.

Base score7.3/ 10

SeverityHighCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityHigh

Attack vectorLocalAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Privileges requiredLowPR

User interactionNoneUI

ScopeUnchangedS

Confidentiality impactLowC

Integrity impactHighI

Availability impactHighA

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

CVSS communicates standardized severity and impact characteristics. It does not establish whether a system is exploitable in your specific environment.

Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat

Last updatedNov 4, 2026 21:35:44 UTC

PublishedJun 17, 2025 14:49:49 UTC

ReservedJun 3, 2025 05:38:02 UTC

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Julian Suleder and Nils Emmerich for reporting this issue.