CVE-2025-48997

Description

Multer is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. A vulnerability that is present starting in version 1.4.4-lts.1 and prior to version 2.0.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending an upload file request with an empty string field name. This request causes an unhandled exception, leading to a crash of the process. Users should upgrade to `2.0.1` to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-05-29 | Published 2025-06-03 | Updated 2025-06-03 | Assigner GitHub_M

Problem types

CWE-248: Uncaught Exception

Product status

References

github.com/...multer/security/advisories/GHSA-g5hg-p3ph-g8qg

github.com/expressjs/multer/issues/1233

github.com/expressjs/multer/pull/1256

github.com/...ommit/35a3272b611945155e046dd5cef11088587635e9

cve.org (CVE-2025-48997)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-48997)

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