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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-13128

An issue was discovered in Manolo GWTUpload 1.0.3. server/UploadServlet.java (the servlet for handling file upload) accepts a delay parameter that causes a thread to sleep. It can be abused to cause all of a server's threads to sleep, leading to denial of service.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:46 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-13128

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 May 2020, 00:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Manolo GWTUpload 1.0.3. server/UploadServlet.java (the servlet for handling file upload) accepts a delay parameter that causes a thread to sleep. It can be abused to cause all of a server's threads to sleep, leading to denial of service.

osv:CVE-2020-13128
Complete source record
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      "references": [
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