CVE-2025-47935

HIGH

NPM Multer < 2.0.0 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

npm/multer < 2.0.0npm

Timeline

Published May 19, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026