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Low · 3.7 CVE-2026-77063 EUVD-2026-67929GHSA-qvfw-j98x-7q72

multer vulnerable to file size limit bypass via async fileFilter race condition

Published Aug 28, 2026 · Updated Aug 31, 2026 · Assigned by openjs

Description

multer is a middleware for handling multipart/form-data in Node.js. When an application uses an asynchronous fileFilter together with the fileSize limit, a race condition in multer's file stream handling can allow a file that exceeds the configured size limit to bypass the size-limit rejection. All versions before 2.3.0 are affected. The impact is limited because the underlying multipart parser still truncates the stream at the size limit, so this is a bypass of the limit rejection rather than uncontrolled resource consumption. The issue is fixed in multer 2.3.0. Upgrade to multer 2.3.0 to remediate.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
multer multer < 2.3.0 2.3.0

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-multer 2.4.0+~cs3.2.0-1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm multer < 2.3.0 2.3.0 GHSA-qvfw-j98x-7q72

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