Is multer 1.4 vulnerable?

npm · 5 releases from 1.4.0 to 1.4.4 · latest multer is 2.5.0 · checked 2 Nov 2026

Yes: 11 known advisories

Yes. multer 1.4.4, the last 1.4 release, is affected by 11 known security advisories (10 high, 1 low), including CVE-2026-77078, CVE-2026-82333, CVE-2026-5079. Upgrade to 2.3.0 or later to fix all of them.

Upgrade with:npm install multer@2.3.0

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Advisories affecting multer 1.4.4

  • HighCVE-2026-77078GHSA-wc9g-mqfw-jrwm8 Sept 2026

    multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via crafted multipart field names

    Affected
    <2.3.0
    Fixed in
    2.3.0
  • LowCVE-2026-77063GHSA-qvfw-j98x-7q728 Sept 2026

    multer vulnerable to file size limit bypass via async fileFilter race condition

    Affected
    <2.3.0
    Fixed in
    2.3.0
  • HighCVE-2026-82333GHSA-535w-7cp7-47q48 Sept 2026

    multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via oversized array index in field names

    Affected
    <2.3.0
    Fixed in
    2.3.0
  • HighCVE-2026-5079GHSA-72gw-mp4g-v24j17 Jun 2026

    Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via deeply nested field names

    Affected
    >=1.0.0 <2.2.0 · >=3.0.0-alpha.1 <3.0.0-alpha.2
    Fixed in
    2.2.0, 3.0.0-alpha.2
  • HighCVE-2026-3520GHSA-5528-5vmv-3xc25 Mar 2026

    Multer Vulnerable to Denial of Service via Uncontrolled Recursion

    Affected
    <2.1.1
    Fixed in
    2.1.1
  • HighCVE-2026-3304GHSA-xf7r-hgr6-v32p1 Mar 2026

    Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup

    Affected
    <2.1.0
    Fixed in
    2.1.0
  • HighCVE-2026-2359GHSA-v52c-386h-88mc1 Mar 2026

    Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via resource exhaustion

    Affected
    <2.1.0
    Fixed in
    2.1.0
  • HighCVE-2025-7338GHSA-fjgf-rc76-4x9p17 Jul 2025

    Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via unhandled exception from malformed request

    Affected
    >=1.4.4-lts.1 <2.0.2
    Fixed in
    2.0.2
  • HighCVE-2025-48997GHSA-g5hg-p3ph-g8qg5 Jun 2025

    Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via unhandled exception

    Affected
    >=1.4.4-lts.1 <2.0.1
    Fixed in
    2.0.1
  • HighCVE-2025-47944GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h19 May 2025

    Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service from maliciously crafted requests

    Affected
    >=1.4.4-lts.1 <2.0.0
    Fixed in
    2.0.0
  • HighCVE-2025-47935GHSA-44fp-w29j-9vj519 May 2025

    Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via memory leaks from unclosed streams

    Affected
    <2.0.0
    Fixed in
    2.0.0

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