CVE-2026-113872
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Multer Process Crash via Aborted Async FileFilter

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-113872, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-10-22

Last updated on: 2026-10-22

Assigner: openjs

Description

multer is a middleware for Node.js that handles multipart/form-data file uploads. In versions from 2.0.0 before 2.5.0, when multer is configured with an asynchronous fileFilter, a single request can crash the Node.js process. If the request is aborted while one file's asynchronous fileFilter is still pending, the pending callback later resumes a parsing stream that multer has already torn down, and the underlying parser emits an error on a stream that no longer has an error listener, which Node raises as an unhandled error event so the process exits. Any application using multer with an asynchronous fileFilter is affected regardless of storage engine, while uploads using a synchronous fileFilter are not affected. The issue is fixed in multer 2.5.0, and users should upgrade to 2.5.0 or later. As a workaround, use a synchronous fileFilter.

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Published
2026-10-22
Last Modified
2026-10-22
Generated
2026-10-23
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multer multer 2.0.0

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CWE-404 The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
CWE-248 An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught.

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