CVE-2025-47944: Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service from maliciously crafted requests

May 19, 2025

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

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h
github.com/expressjs/multer
github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/2c8505f207d923dd8de13a9f93a4563e59933665
github.com/expressjs/multer/issues/1176
github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47944

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