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

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-1288
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kludex
Kludex python-multipart
Vendors & Products Kludex
Kludex python-multipart

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-23T16:08:22.050Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T18:13:07.263Z

Link: CVE-2026-53538

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-23T14:49:25.150Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-06-22T18:16:44.223

Modified: 2026-06-26T19:52:35.633

Link: CVE-2026-53538

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-06-22T16:56:32Z

Links: CVE-2026-53538 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-02T01:45:06Z

Weaknesses