CVE-2026-8159: multiparty vulnerable to ReDoS via filename parsing
multiparty@4.2.3 and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A multipart upload with a long header value containing !filename="1 repeated can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected.
References
- cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94
- github.com/pillarjs/multiparty/releases/tag/v4.3.0
- github.com/pillarjs/multiparty/security/advisories/GHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8159
- owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS
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