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CVE-2025-48997

Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via unhandled exception

### ImpactA vulnerability in Multer versions >=1.4.4-lts.1, <2.0.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending an upload file request with an empty string field name. This request causes an unhandled exception, leading to a crash of the process.### PatchesUsers should upgrade to `2.0.1`### WorkaroundsNone### Referenceshttps://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/35a3272b611945155e046dd5cef11088587635e9https://github.com/expressjs/multer/issues/1233https://github.com/expressjs/multer/pull/1256

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Vulnerability Details
Score
8.5
Score Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Versions
multer >= 1.4.4-lts.1 < 2.0.1
Severity
High
Ecosystem
JavaScript
Publish Date
June 4, 2025
Modified Date
June 4, 2025