CVE-2026-8159
multiparty vulnerable to ReDoS via filename parsing
[email protected] and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to [email protected] or higher.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.5
multiparty vulnerable to ReDoS via filename parsing
[email protected] and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to [email protected] or higher.
- Record
CVE-2026-8159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-29439
7.5
[email protected] and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to [email protected] or higher.
- Record
EUVD-2026-29439- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94
7.5
multiparty vulnerable to ReDoS via filename parsing
Impact
[email protected] 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.
Patches
Users should upgrade to [email protected] or higher.
Workarounds
None. Limiting upload sizes at the proxy/gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small ~8 KB header is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking.
Resources
- Record
GHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.5
[email protected] and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to [email protected] or higher.
- Record
CVE-2026-8159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.5
multiparty vulnerable to ReDoS via filename parsing
[email protected] and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to [email protected] or higher.
- Record
CVE-2026-8159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-8159
7.5
[email protected] and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to [email protected] or higher.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVGHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94
7.5
multiparty vulnerable to ReDoS via filename parsing
Impact
[email protected] 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.
Patches
Users should upgrade to [email protected] or higher.
Workarounds
None. Limiting upload sizes at the proxy/gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small ~8 KB header is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking.
Resources
- Record
GHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-8159
7.5
[email protected] and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via regular expression backtracking in the Content-Disposition filename parameter parser. A crafted multipart upload with a long header value can cause regex matching to take seconds, blocking the event loop. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: limiting upload sizes at the proxy or gateway layer reduces but does not eliminate the attack surface, since a small header of around 8 KB is sufficient to trigger the vulnerable backtracking. Upgrade to [email protected] or higher.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1784682964 No score
TuxCare security update for multiparty (3 CVEs)
TuxCare rebuilt multiparty to address 3 CVEs. Fixed in 3.3.2-tuxcare.1.
- Record
CLSA-2026-1784682964- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1785291243 No score
TuxCare security update for multiparty (1 CVE)
TuxCare rebuilt multiparty to address 1 CVE. Fixed in 2.2.0-tuxcare.1.
- Record
CLSA-2026-1785291243- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2026-8159 No score
CVE-2026-8159 in @rootio/multiparty - Patched by Root
Root has patched CVE-2026-8159 in the @rootio/multiparty package for Root:npm. Multiple fixed versions available.
- Record
ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2026-8159- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
multipartynpm |
through 4.2.3 | 4.3.0 |
multipartyTuxCare:npm From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
3.3.2-tuxcare.0 up to 3.3.2-tuxcare.1, plus listed versions 3.3.2 |
3.3.2-tuxcare.1 |
multipartyTuxCare:npm |
2.2.0-tuxcare.0 up to 2.2.0-tuxcare.1, plus listed versions 2.2.0 |
2.2.0-tuxcare.1 |
node-multipartyDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.2.3-24.2.3-34.2.3-44.2.3-54.3.0+~4.2.1-14.3.0-14.3.1+~4.2.1-1 |
None known |
node-multipartyDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.2.3-34.2.3-44.2.3-54.3.0+~4.2.1-14.3.0-14.3.1+~4.2.1-1 |
None known |
node-multipartyDebian:14 |
before 4.3.0-1, plus listed versions 4.2.3-34.2.3-44.2.3-5 |
4.3.0-1 |
multipartynpm |
before 4.3.0 | 4.3.0 |
@rootio/multipartyRoot:npm |
before 3.3.2-root.io.1 | 3.3.2-root.io.1 |
multipartyRoot:npm |
before 3.3.2-aikido.1 | 3.3.2-aikido.1 |
node-multipartyUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.0.0-1 |
None known |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
node-multipartyUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.0.0-14.0.0-1ubuntu1 |
None known |
node-multipartyUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.2.1-14.2.1-2 |
None known |
node-multipartyUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.2.2-24.2.2-3 |
None known |
node-multipartyUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.2.3-2 |
None known |
node-multipartyUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.2.3-24.2.3-3 |
None known |
node-multipartyUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.2.3-54.3.0+~4.2.1-1 |
None known |
node-multipartyUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.2.3-34.2.3-4build14.2.3-5 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-8159 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Multiparty, published May 12, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 26th percentile. Fixed in multiparty 4.3.0.
References
github.com/pillarjs/multiparty/security/advisories/GHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94
owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS
cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8159
github.com/pillarjs/multiparty/releases/tag/v4.3.0
github.com/advisories/GHSA-65x3-rw7q-gx94