Description
multiparty@4.2.3 and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to multiparty@4.3.0 or higher.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| multiparty | multiparty | ≤ 4.2.3 | 4.3.0 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | node-multiparty | 4.3.0-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | node-multiparty | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | node-multiparty | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | node-multiparty | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | node-multiparty | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | node-multiparty | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | node-multiparty | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | node-multiparty | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | node-multiparty | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | node-multiparty | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | node-multiparty | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | multiparty | < 4.3.0 | 4.3.0 | GHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94 |