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CVE-2026-5038

30
FAUCET Score

Impact: multer versions 2.0.0-alpha.1 through 2.1.1 and 3.0.0-alpha.1 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service when using diskStorage. Aborted or malformed multipart uploads leave orphaned partial files on disk because the Readable.pipe() call does not propagate the stream destroy signal to the underlying fs.WriteStream. An attacker can exhaust disk space by triggering many aborted uploads, with no application bug required. Patches: Users should upgrade to multer 2.2.0 (2.x line) or 3.0.0-alpha.2 (3.x prerelease). Both versions track in-flight write streams and clean them up on the abort path. Workarounds: None.

First published: Jun 15, 2026Last modified: Jun 15, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.0, < 2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:expressjs:multer:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:expressjs:multer:3.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 4th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: multerFixed in: 2.2.0
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: multerFixed in: 3.0.0-alpha.2
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-3p4h-7m6x-2hcmmedium

Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup of aborted uploads

Jun 17, 2026

References

cna.openjsf.org / security-advisories.html
Vendor Advisory
github.com / expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-3p4h-7m6x-2hcm
Vendor Advisory