CVE-2025-47935
HIGHMulter < 2.0.0 - Denial of Service via Unclosed Stream Handling
Title source: llmDescription
Multer is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. Versions prior to 2.0.0 are vulnerable to a resource exhaustion and memory leak issue due to improper stream handling. When the HTTP request stream emits an error, the internal `busboy` stream is not closed, violating Node.js stream safety guidance. This leads to unclosed streams accumulating over time, consuming memory and file descriptors. Under sustained or repeated failure conditions, this can result in denial of service, requiring manual server restarts to recover. All users of Multer handling file uploads are potentially impacted. Users should upgrade to 2.0.0 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-44fp-w29j-9vj5
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/expressjs/multer/pull/1120
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0065
EPSS Percentile
46.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (2)
expressjs/multer
< 2.0.0
npm/multer
0 - 2.0.0npm
Published
May 19, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026