HighGHSA-fjgf-rc76-4x9pCVE-2025-7338

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

Published 17 Jul 2025 · Updated 17 Jul 2025

Affected package

Affected: >=1.4.4-lts.1 <2.0.2
Fixed in: 2.0.2

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install multer@2.0.2

Details

Impact

A vulnerability in Multer versions >= 1.4.4-lts.1, < 2.0.2 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a malformed request. This request causes an unhandled exception, leading to a crash of the process.

Patches

Users should upgrade to 2.0.2

Workarounds

None

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References

Advisory data from OSV.dev (opens OSV.dev in a new tab), refreshed daily.