CVE-2025-48997: Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via unhandled exception
A vulnerability in Multer versions >=1.4.4-lts.1, <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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-g5hg-p3ph-g8qg
- github.com/expressjs/multer
- github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/35a3272b611945155e046dd5cef11088587635e9
- github.com/expressjs/multer/issues/1233
- github.com/expressjs/multer/pull/1256
- github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-g5hg-p3ph-g8qg
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48997
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