ApostropheCMS: Import archives can exhaust server storage and deny service

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ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 3.7.1 of the import-export module, an authenticated importer can submit archives whose decompressed bytes, entry count, and entry sizes are not bounded before document-type authorization, and extraction or parsing failures can leave staging and extracted artifacts without unconditional cleanup. The already-hardened pre-authentication and write-error paths are separate, and current end-to-end denial-of-service impact from this residual path remains subject to maintainer validation. This issue is fixed in version 3.7.1.

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20 Oct 2026 15:53:04 UTC

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26 Oct 2026 19:38:31 UTC

Observed here

26 Oct 2026 20:35:31 UTC

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CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 3.7.1 of the import-export module, an authenticated importer can submit archives whose decompressed bytes, entry count, and entry sizes are not bounded before document-type authorization, and extraction or parsing failures can leave staging and extracted artifacts without unconditional cleanup. The already-hardened pre-authentication and write-error paths are separate, and current end-to-end denial-of-service impact from this residual path remains subject to maintainer validation. This issue is fixed in version 3.7.1.

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Oct 20, 2026, 3:53:04 PM (timezone not stated)

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Oct 26, 2026, 7:38:31 PM (timezone not stated)

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1 Nov 2026 02:13:10 UTC

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EUVD CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 3.7.1 of the import-export module, an authenticated importer can submit archives whose decompressed bytes, entry count, and entry sizes are not bounded before document-type authorization, and extraction or parsing failures can leave staging and extracted artifacts without unconditional cleanup. The already-hardened pre-authentication and write-error paths are separate, and current end-to-end denial-of-service impact from this residual path remains subject to maintainer validation. This issue is fixed in version 3.7.1.

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20 Oct 2026 16:17:06 UTC

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26 Oct 2026 20:17:49 UTC

Observed here

27 Oct 2026 06:23:14 UTC

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CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary · 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## Review scope and evidence limits Package: @apostrophecms/import-export, version 3.7.0. Release tag reviewed: @apostrophecms/[email protected], commit 9500b8b0e1d630d5e07fbb5fd2c25ed0943845ce (September 30, 2026). Current main reviewed: 5ce3732be0ebdebb4db0f8ef160c81e8671157e6. The importer, gzip extractor, import permission gate, and core permission implementation have no differences between that release tag and the reviewed main. This follow-up is a static remediation review. We have not repeated the original end-to-end reproductions against the latest release or tested a deployed site. Current exploitability and impact therefore still require maintainer validation; the observations below establish that the reported security checks remain absent in public source. The original emailed PDF contains the original reproduction material. Please refer to that existing private attachment. ## Import archive extraction lacks resource quotas and failure cleanup The current gzip extractor handles destination write errors and waits for write completion; those parts of the original report should no longer be treated as unchanged. The import routes also now require a logged-in user before big-upload processing, as covered by GHSA-86wm-68pq-5jwq. However, extract() still writes expanded archive entries without per-entry, aggregate decompressed-byte, or entry-count quotas. Archive parsing still precedes document-type authorization. If extraction or parsing fails, import() notifies and rethrows before the later storage.remove() call, with no unconditional cleanup around that lifecycle. The reported residual risk is excessive storage consumption and retained extraction/staging artifacts from authenticated imports. Handling a write error and requiring login do not enforce a storage budget. Suggested remediation: add configurable streaming quotas based on actual decompressed bytes, cap entries and allowed entry types, bound concurrent imports, and clean local and uploadfs artifacts on every failure. Retain continuation artifacts only under explicit ownership, expiry and total-storage limits. Source references: - [Gzip extractor](https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/blob/5ce3732be0ebdebb4db0f8ef160c81e8671157e6/packages/import-export/lib/formats/gzip.js) - [Import lifecycle and cleanup](https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/blob/5ce3732be0ebdebb4db0f8ef160c81e8671157e6/packages/import-export/lib/methods/import.js) - [Related authentication fix](https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-86wm-68pq-5jwq) ## Coordination Vivek R / Winfunc Original reporting team: Mufeed VH / Winfunc

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21 Oct 2026 16:57:36 UTC

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21 Oct 2026 17:15:08 UTC

Observed here

24 Oct 2026 13:17:17 UTC

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GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0

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CVSS_V3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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