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CVE-2018-16789
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-03-21T16:00:22.547 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:44:49.297

Summary

libhttp/url.c in shellinabox through 2.20 has an implementation flaw in the HTTP request parsing logic. By sending a crafted multipart/form-data HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this to force shellinaboxd into an infinite loop, exhausting available CPU resources and taking the service down.

Affected products

shellinabox_project — shellinabox

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References

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