CVE-2025-62727
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. Starting in version 0.39.0 and prior to version 0.49.1 , an unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted HTTP Range header that triggers quadratic-time processing in Starlette's FileResponse Range parsing/merging logic. This enables CPU exhaustion per request, causing denial‑of‑service for endpoints serving files (e.g., StaticFiles or any use of FileResponse). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.49.1.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kludex | starlette | >= 0.39.0, < 0.49.1 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-407: CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
Additional References
References
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-7f5h-v6xp-fcq8
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/commit/4ea6e22b489ec388d6004cfbca52dd5b147127c5
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/commit/69ed26a85956ef4bd0161807eb27abf49be7cd3c
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/releases/tag/0.49.1
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