Security Bulletin
Summary
Apache Commons FileUpload in WebSphere Application Server Liberty is used by IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis as part of the parse and process HTTP requests for handling file uploads. CVE-2023-24998.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2023-24998
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.5 does not limit the number of request parts to be processed resulting in the possibility of an attacker triggering a DoS with a malicious upload or series of uploads.
Note that, like all of the file upload limits, the
new configuration option (FileUploadBase#setFileCountMax) is not
enabled by default and must be explicitly configured.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis | 1.3.6.0, 1.3.6.1 |
| IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis | 1.3.7.0, 1.3.7.1, 1.3.7.2 |
| IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis | 1.3.8.0, 1.3.8.1, 1.3.8.2, 1.3.8.3, 1.3.8.4 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Principal Product and Version(s) | Fix details |
| IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis version 1.3.6.0, 1.3.6.1, 1.3.7.0, 1.3.7.1, 1.3.7.2, 1.3.8.0, 1.3.8.1, 1.3.8.2, 1.3.8.3, 1.3.8.4 | IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying the configuration described in this technical note. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
29 May 2026: Initial Publication
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
29 May 2026
Initial Publish date:
29 May 2026
UID
ibm17274517