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GHSA-72GW-MP4G-V24J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-17 18:12 – Updated: 2026-06-17 18:12

Summary

Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via deeply nested field names

Details

Impact

Multer is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) via deeply nested field names in multipart form data. The append-field dependency parses bracket notation in field names (e.g., a[b][c]) with no limit on nesting depth, allowing an attacker to force allocation of deeply nested object structures that consume CPU and memory. A single HTTP request with a crafted multipart body is sufficient to exploit this.

Patches

Users should upgrade to 2.2.0 and configure limits.fieldNestingDepth to the minimum depth their application requires.

Workarounds

Set limits.fields to a reasonable value to reduce the number of fields an attacker can send per request. This does not fully mitigate the issue but limits the impact.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-5079 (GCVE-0-2026-5079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-15 13:56 – Updated: 2026-06-15 16:00

Title

multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via deeply nested field names

Summary

Impact: multer versions 1.0.0 through 2.1.1 and 3.0.0-alpha.1 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service via deeply nested field names in multipart form data. The append-field dependency parses bracket notation in field names with no limit on nesting depth, allowing an attacker to force allocation of deeply nested object structures that consume CPU and memory. A single HTTP request with a crafted multipart body is sufficient to exploit this. Patches: Users should upgrade to multer 2.2.0 (2.x line) or 3.0.0-alpha.2 (3.x prerelease) and configure the new limits.fieldNestingDepth option to the minimum depth their application requires. Workarounds: Set limits.fields to a reasonable value to reduce the number of fields an attacker can send per request. This does not fully mitigate the issue but limits the impact.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-15 16:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

openjs redhat root Scorecard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advi…
https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
multer	multer	Affected: 1.0.0 , < 2.2.0 (semver) Unaffected: 2.2.0 (semver) Affected: 3.0.0-alpha.1 , < 3.0.0-alpha.2 (semver) Unaffected: 3.0.0-alpha.2 (semver)

Credits

tndud042713 UlisesGascon

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