FKIE_CVE-2026-8159

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-12 10:16 - Updated: 2026-05-13 14:44
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
multiparty@4.2.3 and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to multiparty@4.3.0 or higher.
References
ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bbhttps://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.htmlThird Party Advisory
ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bbhttps://github.com/pillarjs/multiparty/security/advisories/GHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bbhttps://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoSNot Applicable
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pillarjs multiparty *
To clipboard 

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:pillarjs:multiparty:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "7D1FB8AD-53AB-4C0D-A503-231C4ACAF90D",
              "versionEndExcluding": "4.3.0",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "multiparty@4.2.3 and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to multiparty@4.3.0 or higher."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-8159",
  "lastModified": "2026-05-13T14:44:31.283",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
        "impactScore": 3.6,
        "source": "ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2026-05-12T10:16:48.857",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb",
      "tags": [
        "Mitigation",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://github.com/pillarjs/multiparty/security/advisories/GHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94"
    },
    {
      "source": "ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb",
      "tags": [
        "Not Applicable"
      ],
      "url": "https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-1333"
        }
      ],
      "source": "ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.