CVE-2026-77063

multer vulnerable to file size limit bypass via async fileFilter race condition

LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: August 28, 2026 at 07:54 PM UTC
Updated: September 2, 2026 at 03:02 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsMulterMulter

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Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

multer is a middleware for handling multipart/form-data in Node.js. When an application uses an asynchronous fileFilter together with the fileSize limit, a race condition in multer's file stream handling can allow a file that exceeds the configured size limit to bypass the size-limit rejection. All versions before 2.3.0 are affected. The impact is limited because the underlying multipart parser still truncates the stream at the size limit, so this is a bypass of the limit rejection rather than uncontrolled resource consumption. The issue is fixed in multer 2.3.0. Upgrade to multer 2.3.0 to remediate.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.3.0
Affected range stops below 2.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.3.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.3.0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (2)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

3.7LOWopenjs
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-362

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