GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/05/GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h/GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h
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Published
2025-05-19T22:16:30Z
Modified
2025-05-19T22:42:20.851194Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service from maliciously crafted requests
Details

Impact

A vulnerability in Multer versions >=1.4.4-lts.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a malformed multi-part upload request. This request causes an unhandled exception, leading to a crash of the process.

Patches

Users should upgrade to 2.0.0

Workarounds

None

References

  • https://github.com/expressjs/multer/issues/1176
  • https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/2c8505f207d923dd8de13a9f93a4563e59933665
Database specific 
{
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-05-19T22:16:30Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-19T20:15:26Z",
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-248"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

npm / multer

Package

Name
multer
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Purl
pkg:npm/multer

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
1.4.4-lts.1
Fixed
2.0.0