CVE-2026-8159

multiparty vulnerable to ReDoS via filename parsing

Published May 12, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
multiparty@4.2.3 and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to multiparty@4.3.0 or higher.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94 multiparty vulnerable to ReDoS via filename parsing
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Pillarjs
Pillarjs multiparty
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pillarjs:multiparty:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Pillarjs
Pillarjs multiparty
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Multiparty
Multiparty multiparty
Vendors & Products Multiparty
Multiparty multiparty
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description multiparty@4.2.3 and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to multiparty@4.3.0 or higher.
Title multiparty vulnerable to ReDoS via filename parsing
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
openjs
Published
Updated
May 12, 2026, 12:33 PM
Reserved
May 8, 2026, 9:45 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 12, 2026, 10:16 AM
Modified
Nov 11, 2026, 8:10 PM