CVE-2026-53538
Published:June 22, 2026
Updated:June 29, 2026
Python-Multipart is a streaming multipart parser for Python. Prior to 0.0.30, QuerystringParser treated ; as a field separator in application/x-www-form-urlencoded bodies, in addition to &. The WHATWG URL standard, modern browsers, and Python's urllib.parse (since the CVE-2021-23336 fix) treat only & as a separator. This creates a parser differential: the same bytes are tokenized into different fields than a WHATWG compliant intermediary would produce, allowing an attacker to smuggle extra form fields past an upstream body inspecting component. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.0.30.
Affected Packages
python-multipart (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.5 <0.0.30Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.0.30python-multipart (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.5 <0.0.30Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.0.30python-multipart (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.1 <0.0.30Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.0.30Related Resources (2)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
3.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.18