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High · 7.5 Public exploit CVE-2026-8161 EUVD-2026-29440GHSA-qxch-whhj-8956

multiparty vulnerable to Denial of Service via Prototype Pollution leading to Uncaught Exception

Published May 12, 2026 · Updated May 12, 2026 · Assigned by openjs

Description

multiparty@4.2.3 and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via uncaught exception. By sending a multipart/form-data request with a field name that collides with an inherited Object.prototype property such as __proto__, constructor, or toString, the parser invokes .push() on the inherited prototype value rather than an array, throwing a TypeError that propagates as an uncaught exception and crashes the process. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: none. Upgrade to multiparty@4.3.0 or higher.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-multiparty 4.3.0-1 —
Debian 13 node-multiparty No fix yet —
Debian 12 node-multiparty No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm multiparty < 4.3.0 4.3.0 GHSA-qxch-whhj-8956

References