ghsa-g5hg-p3ph-g8qg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-06-05 01:09
Modified
2025-06-05 01:09
Severity ?
8.7 (High) - 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
Summary
Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via unhandled exception
Details

Impact

A vulnerability in Multer versions >=1.4.4-lts.1, <2.0.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending an upload file request with an empty string field name. This request causes an unhandled exception, leading to a crash of the process.

Patches

Users should upgrade to 2.0.1

Workarounds

None

References

https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/35a3272b611945155e046dd5cef11088587635e9 https://github.com/expressjs/multer/issues/1233 https://github.com/expressjs/multer/pull/1256

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "multer"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.4.4-lts.1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.0.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-48997"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-248"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-06-05T01:09:35Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-03T19:15:39Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nA vulnerability in Multer versions \u003e=1.4.4-lts.1, \u003c2.0.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending an upload file request with an empty string field name. This request causes an unhandled exception, leading to a crash of the process.\n\n### Patches\n\nUsers should upgrade to `2.0.1`\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone\n\n### References\n\nhttps://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/35a3272b611945155e046dd5cef11088587635e9\nhttps://github.com/expressjs/multer/issues/1233\nhttps://github.com/expressjs/multer/pull/1256",
  "id": "GHSA-g5hg-p3ph-g8qg",
  "modified": "2025-06-05T01:09:35Z",
  "published": "2025-06-05T01:09:35Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-g5hg-p3ph-g8qg"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48997"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/expressjs/multer/issues/1233"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/expressjs/multer/pull/1256"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/35a3272b611945155e046dd5cef11088587635e9"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/expressjs/multer"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via unhandled exception"
}


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