diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 3d6d268a0..d3e376bbb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@ CHANGELOG
 unreleased
 ==========
 
+* feat: limit uploaded image area (width x height) to prevent decompression
+  bombs
+* fix: Run validators on updated files in file change view
+* fix: Update mime type if uploading file in file change view
+* fix: Do not allow to remove the file field from an uplaoded file in
+  the admin interface
+* fix: refactor upload checks into running validators in the admin
+  and adding clean methods for file and (abstract) image models.
 * fix: ensure uniqueness of icon admin url names
+* fix: Crash with django-storage if filer file does not have a
+  storage file attached
 
 3.0.6 (2023-09-08)
 ==================
diff --git a/filer/admin/fileadmin.py b/filer/admin/fileadmin.py
index b66332341..43895d7e3 100644
--- a/filer/admin/fileadmin.py
+++ b/filer/admin/fileadmin.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from easy_thumbnails.engine import NoSourceGenerator
 
 from easy_thumbnails.exceptions import InvalidImageFormatError
 from easy_thumbnails.files import get_thumbnailer
@@ -27,20 +28,25 @@ class Meta:
         model = File
         exclude = ()
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        # self.fields["file"].widget = forms.FileInput()
+
     def clean(self):
         from ..validation import validate_upload
         cleaned_data = super().clean()
-
-        mime_type = mimetypes.guess_type(cleaned_data["file"].name)[0] or 'application/octet-stream'
-        file = cleaned_data["file"]
-        file.open("w+")  # Allow for sanitizing upload
-        validate_upload(
-            file_name=cleaned_data["file"].name,
-            file=file.file,
-            owner=cleaned_data["owner"],
-            mime_type=mime_type,
-        )
-        file.open("r")
+        if "file" in self.changed_data and cleaned_data["file"]:
+            mime_type = mimetypes.guess_type(cleaned_data["file"].name)[0] or 'application/octet-stream'
+            file = cleaned_data["file"]
+            file.open("w+")  # Allow for sanitizing upload
+            file.seek(0)
+            validate_upload(
+                file_name=cleaned_data["file"].name,
+                file=file.file,
+                owner=cleaned_data["owner"],
+                mime_type=mime_type,
+            )
+            file.open("r")
         return self.cleaned_data
 
 
@@ -203,7 +209,7 @@ def icon_view(self, request, file_id: int, size: int) -> HttpResponse:
             # Touch thumbnail to allow it to be prefetched for directory listing
             EasyThumbnail.objects.filter(name=thumbnail.name).update(modified=now())
             return HttpResponseRedirect(thumbnail.url)
-        except InvalidImageFormatError:
+        except (InvalidImageFormatError, NoSourceGenerator):
             return HttpResponseRedirect(staticfiles_storage.url('filer/icons/file-missing.svg'))
 
 
diff --git a/filer/fields/multistorage_file.py b/filer/fields/multistorage_file.py
index 715d98337..8ceb76a99 100644
--- a/filer/fields/multistorage_file.py
+++ b/filer/fields/multistorage_file.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def exists(self):
         """
         Returns ``True`` if underlying file exists in storage.
         """
-        return self.storage.exists(self.name)
+        return self.name and self.storage.exists(self.name)
 
 
 class MultiStorageFileField(easy_thumbnails_fields.ThumbnailerField):
diff --git a/filer/models/abstract.py b/filer/models/abstract.py
index 57f9ccdc4..4dd3081e6 100644
--- a/filer/models/abstract.py
+++ b/filer/models/abstract.py
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ def clean(self):
         # the image gets attached to a folder and saved. We also
         # send the error msg in the JSON and also post the message
         # so that they know what is wrong with the image they uploaded
+        if not self.file:
+            return
 
         if self._width is None or self._height is None:
             pixels = 2 * FILER_MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS + 1
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ def clean(self):
             msg = _(
                 "Image format not recognized or image size exceeds limit of %(max_pixels)d million "
                 "pixels by a factor of two or more. Check file format or resize image to "
-                "%(width)d x %(height)d) resolution or lower."
+                "%(width)d x %(height)d resolution or lower."
             ) % dict(max_pixels=FILER_MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS // 1000000, width=res_x, height=res_y)
             raise ValidationError(str(msg), code="image_size")