Live › vulnerability › CVE-2026-113658
Go to dashboardApostropheCMS leaves rejected CSV uploads in the OS temporary directory because the Multer temp file is not deleted when the extension check fails. An unauthenticated attacker can repeat large uploads to fill the temp partition, which can break Apostrophe and other services on the same host.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 3h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| apostrophe | npm | < 4.33.0 | 4.33.0 |
4.33.04.33.0 or laterEach row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
A rejected upload can remain in the operating system temporary directory.
Multer writes the file before its extension is checked, and the rejection path does not remove that temporary file. An unauthenticated requester can repeat this with large files and steadily consume temporary disk space.
The endpoint is:
POST /api/v1/@apostrophecms/rich-text-widget/generate-csv-table
In packages/apostrophe/modules/@apostrophecms/rich-text-widget/lib/apiRoutes.js, Multer first writes the upload to os.tmpdir(). The handler then rejects filenames whose extension is not csv, but there is no cleanup of the Multer file on this error path.
The route does not require an authenticated user. A normal CSRF cookie is sufficient.
During testing, the request returned HTTP 400 with Only csv files are supported, while the complete uploaded content remained in a randomly named file in the configured temporary directory after the response.
I reviewed PR #5013, which migrated the Rich Text CSV upload path from connect-multiparty to Multer. This report concerns cleanup after that migration: the rejected Multer file remains on disk, a behavior not described in the PR or its review discussion.
Create a small test file. A larger file can be used to demonstrate disk growth, but 1 MiB is enough for a safe local reproduction:
dd if=/dev/zero of=rejected.txt bs=1M count=1
Obtain the normal site cookies and send the rejected upload:
curl -c cookies.txt 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/' > /dev/null
curl -i -b cookies.txt \
-F '[email protected];filename=rejected.txt;type=text/plain' \
'http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/@apostrophecms/rich-text-widget/generate-csv-table'
The response is HTTP 400. Compare the contents of the system temporary directory before and after the request:
ls -lt /tmp
A new randomly named file remains present and contains the uploaded bytes.
No login is required. Repeating the multipart request creates additional persistent temporary files.
A remote unauthenticated attacker can fill the partition used by the operating system temporary directory. Once that partition is exhausted, Apostrophe and unrelated services on the same host may fail to upload files, create temporary data, or continue operating normally.
The attack requires only repeated HTTP requests and the stored files remain after each rejected response.
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