Denial of Service Risk in Multer Middleware by Express
CVE-2026-2359

8.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Expressjs

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 February 2026

What is CVE-2026-2359?

Multer, the middleware for handling multipart/form-data in node.js applications, contains a vulnerability that can lead to Denial of Service. An attacker can exploit this issue by dropping the connection during file uploads, which may result in resource exhaustion and impact the performance of applications using Multer. To mitigate this vulnerability, users are advised to upgrade to version 2.1.0 or later. There are currently no known workarounds available to address this issue.

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Affected Version(s)

multer 0.0.0 < 2.1.0

References

CVSS V4

Score:
8.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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