CVE-2026-2359
Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via resource exhaustion
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 8.7
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.74 % · percentile 54 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- openjs
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Multer is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. A vulnerability in Multer prior to version 2.1.0 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by dropping connection during file upload, potentially causing resource exhaustion. Users should upgrade to version 2.1.0 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | 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 | openjs |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat-SADP |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
Advisories
- GHSA-v52c-386h-88mc — Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via resource exhaustion
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-9032
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-2359
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1256 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1094 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0958 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0901 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0698 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0667 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:expressjs:multer:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*< 2.1.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| expressjs · multer | affected 0.0.0 < 2.1.0 |
References
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-v52c-386h-88mc
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2359
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/cccf0fe0e64150c4f42ccf6654165c0d66b9adab
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2359
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443350
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-2359.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6174
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6802
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |