CVE-2026-5038

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/06/2026
Last modified:
16/06/2026

Description

Impact: multer versions 2.0.0-alpha.1 through 2.1.1 and 3.0.0-alpha.1 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service when using diskStorage. Aborted or malformed multipart uploads leave orphaned partial files on disk because the Readable.pipe() call does not propagate the stream destroy signal to <br /> the underlying fs.WriteStream. An attacker can exhaust disk space by triggering many aborted uploads, with no application bug required.<br /> <br /> Patches: Users should upgrade to multer 2.2.0 (2.x line) or 3.0.0-alpha.2 (3.x prerelease). Both versions track in-flight write streams and clean them up on the abort path.<br /> <br /> Workarounds: None.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:expressjs:multer:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* 2.0.0 (including) 2.2.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:expressjs:multer:3.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*