Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via uncontrolled recursion
cve-program · CVE-2026-3520
PublishedMulter is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. A vulnerability in Multer prior to version 2.1.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending malformed requests, potentially causing stack overflow. Users should upgrade to version 2.1.1 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Read the publisher's advisoryeuvd · EUVD-2026-9423
PublishedMulter is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. A vulnerability in Multer prior to version 2.1.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending malformed requests, potentially causing stack overflow. Users should upgrade to version 2.1.1 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Read the publisher's advisorynvd · CVE-2026-3520
PublishedMulter is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. A vulnerability in Multer prior to version 2.1.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending malformed requests, potentially causing stack overflow. Users should upgrade to version 2.1.1 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Read the publisher's advisoryosv · GHSA-5528-5vmv-3xc2
Published### Impact A vulnerability in Multer versions < 2.1.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending malformed requests, potentially causing stack overflow. ### Patches Users should upgrade to `2.1.1` ### Workarounds None ### Resources - https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-5528-5vmv-3xc2 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3520 - https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/7e66481f8b2e6c54b982b34c152479e096ce2752 - https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
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CVE-2026-3520 · CVE overview and exploitation status
cve-program · CVE-2026-3520
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-5528-5vmv-3xc2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3520
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/7e66481f8b2e6c54b982b34c152479e096ce2752
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
euvd · EUVD-2026-9423
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-5528-5vmv-3xc2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3520
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/7e66481f8b2e6c54b982b34c152479e096ce2752
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
nvd · CVE-2026-3520
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/7e66481f8b2e6c54b982b34c152479e096ce2752
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-5528-5vmv-3xc2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3520
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6174
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6802
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3520
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2444584
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-3520.json
osv · GHSA-5528-5vmv-3xc2
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-5528-5vmv-3xc2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3520
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/7e66481f8b2e6c54b982b34c152479e096ce2752
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3520
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