GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-xf7r-hgr6-v32p Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-3304
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- multer
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-459
- Reviewed
- 2026-03-01
Affected packages
• npm multer: < 2.1.0 → fixed in 2.1.0
Description
Impact
A vulnerability in Multer versions < 2.1.0 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending malformed requests, potentially causing resource exhaustion.
Patches
Users should upgrade to `2.1.0`
Workarounds
None
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-3304 Multer is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-459 Incomplete Cleanup weakness
References
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-xf7r-hgr6-v32p web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3304 advisory
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/739919097dde3921ec31b930e4b9025036fa74ee web
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html web
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer package
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3304 web