CVE-2026-42886 PUBLISHED

Audiobookshelf: Memory amplification DoS via oversized compressed details entry in backup upload

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 30.04.2026 Published: 11.05.2026 Updated: 11.05.2026

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.32.2, the POST /api/backups/upload endpoint decompresses the details entry from an uploaded .audiobookshelf ZIP file entirely into memory using zip.entryData(), with no limit on the decompressed size. The upload middleware also has no file size limit. An admin user can upload a crafted ZIP containing a highly compressed details entry that, when decompressed, consumes hundreds of megabytes or gigabytes of memory, crashing the server process via out-of-memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.32.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 4.9

Product Status

Vendor advplyr
Product audiobookshelf
Versions
  • Version < 2.33.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) CWE