CVE-2026-5038 (GCVE-0-2026-5038)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-15 14:23 – Updated: 2026-06-15 16:07
VLAI
Title
multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup of aborted uploads
Summary
Impact: multer versions 2.0.0-alpha.1 through 2.1.1 and 3.0.0-alpha.1 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service when using diskStorage. Aborted or malformed multipart uploads leave orphaned partial files on disk because the Readable.pipe() call does not propagate the stream destroy signal to the underlying fs.WriteStream. An attacker can exhaust disk space by triggering many aborted uploads, with no application bug required. Patches: Users should upgrade to multer 2.2.0 (2.x line) or 3.0.0-alpha.2 (3.x prerelease). Both versions track in-flight write streams and clean them up on the abort path. Workarounds: None.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
multer multer Affected: 2.0.0-alpha.1 , < 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)
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Credits
yuki-matsuhashi HamdaanAliQuatil fasrm UlisesGascon bjohansebas 0xStraw-Hat bhaswanthc ByamB4 sbouabid-sec DavidCarliez JebeenLee
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