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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2026-3520 json

Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via uncontrolled recursion

published 2026-03-04 8 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-5528-5vmv-3xc2 , EUVD-2026-9423

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multer is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. A vulnerability in Multer prior to version 2.1.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending malformed requests, potentially causing stack overflow. Users should upgrade to version 2.1.1 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Patch / fix

  • npm multer 2.1.1
  • expressjs multer 2.1.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8 1774545605
  • Red Hat Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 1775140647

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-3520 updated cvss 7.5

multer: Multer: Denial of Service via malformed requests

  • Red Hat Self-service automation portal 2 ansible-automation-platform/automation-portal
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8 rhdh 1774545605
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:6174
  • Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 rhdh 1775140647
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:6802
  • Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8 rhdh 1774544220, rhdh 1774549552 Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9 rhdh 1775140369, rhdh 1775155242
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
8 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.7 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
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 4.0 8.7 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm multer
<2.1.1
2.1.1

Affected products

  • expressjs multer
  • Red Hat Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9
  • Red Hat Self-service automation portal 2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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