CVE-2026-87908multiparty vulnerable to Denial of Service via unbounded part-header accumulation
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- openjs
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
multiparty multiparty multiparty:multiparty (from the name) | from 2.1.0 before 4.3.1; 4.3.1 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/pillarjs/multiparty/security/advisories/GHSA-5h46-2939-q3wh
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
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