CVE-2026-53538

Python-Multipart: Semicolon treated as querystring field separator enables parameter smuggling

Published Jun 22, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 3.7 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Python-Multipart is a streaming multipart parser for Python. Prior to 0.0.30, QuerystringParser treated ; as a field separator in application/x-www-form-urlencoded bodies, in addition to &. The WHATWG URL standard, modern browsers, and Python's urllib.parse (since the CVE-2021-23336 fix) treat only & as a separator. This creates a parser differential: the same bytes are tokenized into different fields than a WHATWG compliant intermediary would produce, allowing an attacker to smuggle extra form fields past an upstream body inspecting component. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.0.30.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6jv3-5f52-599m python-multipart: Semicolon treated as querystring field separator enables parameter smuggling
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kludex
Kludex python-multipart
Vendors & Products Kludex
Kludex python-multipart
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Description Python-Multipart is a streaming multipart parser for Python. Prior to 0.0.30, QuerystringParser treated ; as a field separator in application/x-www-form-urlencoded bodies, in addition to &. The WHATWG URL standard, modern browsers, and Python's urllib.parse (since the CVE-2021-23336 fix) treat only & as a separator. This creates a parser differential: the same bytes are tokenized into different fields than a WHATWG compliant intermediary would produce, allowing an attacker to smuggle extra form fields past an upstream body inspecting component. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.0.30.
Title Python-Multipart: Semicolon treated as querystring field separator enables parameter smuggling
Weaknesses CWE-436
CWE-444
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jun 23, 2026, 4:08 PM
Reserved
Jun 9, 2026, 6:13 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 22, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 11:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 22, 2026, 4:56 PM