CVE-2026-5079

Published: Giu 15, 2026 Last Modified: Giu 15, 2026
ExploitDB:
Other exploit source:
Google Dorks:
HIGH 7,5
Source: ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high

Description

AI Translation Available

Impact: multer versions 1.0.0 through 2.1.1 and 3.0.0-alpha.1 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service via deeply nested field names in multipart form data. The append-field dependency parses bracket notation in field names with no limit on nesting depth, allowing an attacker to force allocation of deeply nested object structures that consume CPU and memory. A single HTTP request with a crafted multipart body is sufficient to exploit this.

Patches: Users should upgrade to multer 2.2.0 (2.x line) or 3.0.0-alpha.2 (3.x prerelease) and configure the new limits.fieldNestingDepth option to the minimum depth their application requires.

Workarounds: Set limits.fields to a reasonable value to reduce the number of fields an attacker can send per request. This does not fully mitigate the issue but limits the impact.

400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Draft
Abstraction: Class Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability Access Control Other
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu) Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory) Dos: Resource Consumption (Other) Bypass Protection Mechanism Other
Applicable Platforms
Technologies: Not Technology-Specific, AI/ML
Likelihood of Exploit: High
View CWE Details
https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHS…
https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-72gw-mp4g-v24j