High
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-13128
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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