NiceGUI is a Python-based UI framework. Prior to version 3.9.0, NiceGUI's app.add_media_file() and app.add_media_files() media routes accept a user-controlled query parameter that influences how files are read during streaming. The parameter is passed to the range-response implementation without validation, allowing an attacker to bypass chunked streaming and force the server to load entire files into memory at once. With large media files and concurrent requests, this can lead to excessive memory consumption, degraded performance, or denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 3.9.0.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w5g8-5849-vj76 NiceGUI's unvalidated chunk size parameter in media routes can cause memory exhaustion
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Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:zauberzeug:nicegui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Zauberzeug
Zauberzeug nicegui
Vendors & Products Zauberzeug
Zauberzeug nicegui

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description NiceGUI is a Python-based UI framework. Prior to version 3.9.0, NiceGUI's app.add_media_file() and app.add_media_files() media routes accept a user-controlled query parameter that influences how files are read during streaming. The parameter is passed to the range-response implementation without validation, allowing an attacker to bypass chunked streaming and force the server to load entire files into memory at once. With large media files and concurrent requests, this can lead to excessive memory consumption, degraded performance, or denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 3.9.0.
Title NiceGUI's unvalidated chunk size parameter in media routes can cause memory exhaustion
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-25T16:19:18.462Z

Reserved: 2026-03-18T22:15:11.812Z

Link: CVE-2026-33332

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-25T16:19:15.730Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-24T20:16:28.743

Modified: 2026-03-26T12:58:50.417

Link: CVE-2026-33332

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-27T09:20:37Z

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