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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-87908 EUVD-2026-75976

multiparty vulnerable to Denial of Service via unbounded part-header accumulation

Published Sep 11, 2026 · Updated Sep 11, 2026 · Assigned by openjs

Description

multiparty is a Node.js library for parsing multipart/form-data request bodies. In versions from 2.1.0 up to but not including 4.3.1, the parser does not bound the amount of memory used while accumulating the headers of a single multipart part. An unauthenticated attacker can send a single request whose part carries a very large volume of header bytes, forcing the parser to buffer all of them and exhausting the process memory, which crashes the server. This is a denial of service with no confidentiality or integrity impact. The issue is fixed in multiparty 4.3.1, which caps the size of the accumulated part headers. Users should upgrade to multiparty 4.3.1 or later.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
multiparty multiparty 2.1.0 – < 4.3.1 4.3.1

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 4.3.1+~4.2.1-1 —
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 24.04 LTS node-multiparty No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS node-multiparty No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS node-multiparty No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS node-multiparty No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS node-multiparty No fix yet —

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