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

- Also known as: GHSA-4PG4-QVPC-4Q3H
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.0
- Published: 2025-05-19 · Updated: 2025-05-20

## Affected

- expressjs multer: from 1.4.4-lts.1, fixed in 2.0.0
- multer (npm): from 1.4.4-lts.1, fixed in 2.0.0

## Description

Multer is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. A vulnerability that is present starting in version 1.4.4-lts.1 and prior to version 2.0.0 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. Users should upgrade to version 2.0.0 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on expressjs multer, multer, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/issues/1176
- https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/2c8505f207d923dd8de13a9f93a4563e59933665

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