# CVE-2026-53537: Python-Multipart: Content-Disposition parameter smuggling via RFC 2231/5987 extended parameters

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3041, GHSA-VFFW-93WF-4J4Q
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.0.30
- Published: 2026-06-22 · Updated: 2026-06-23

## Affected

- Kludex python-multipart: fixed in 0.0.30
- python-multipart (PyPI): fixed in 0.0.30

## Description

Python-Multipart is a streaming multipart parser for Python. Prior to 0.0.30, parse_options_header parsed Content-Disposition (and Content-Type) headers with email.message.Message, which transparently applies RFC 2231/5987 decoding. The extended parameter syntax (filename*=charset'lang'value, name*=..., and the filename*0/filename*1 continuation form) is decoded and surfaced under the bare filename/name key, and overrides the plain parameter when both are present. RFC 7578 §4.2 explicitly forbids the filename* form in multipart/form-data. Components that follow RFC 7578, or that do not implement RFC 2231/5987 decoding for multipart/form-data (WAFs, proxies, gateways), may interpret such a header differently. An attacker can exploit that difference to smuggle a different field name or filename past an upstream inspector to the backend. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.0.30.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Kludex python-multipart, python-multipart, upgrade to a fixed version (0.0.30) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Kludex/python-multipart/security/advisories/GHSA-vffw-93wf-4j4q

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