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CVE-2026-8159

multiparty vulnerable to ReDoS via filename parsing

7.5 HighFix available

[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

0.34%Up 0.3 points since May 12, 2026
90%50%10%1%

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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
multiparty
npm
through 4.2.3
4.3.0
multiparty
TuxCare: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
multiparty
TuxCare: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-multiparty
Debian: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-multiparty
Debian: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-multiparty
Debian:14
before 4.3.0-1, plus listed versions
4.2.3-34.2.3-44.2.3-5
4.3.0-1
multiparty
npm
before 4.3.0
4.3.0
@rootio/multiparty
Root:npm
before 3.3.2-root.io.1
3.3.2-root.io.1
multiparty
Root:npm
before 3.3.2-aikido.1
3.3.2-aikido.1
node-multiparty
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.0.0-1
None known
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
node-multiparty
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.0.0-14.0.0-1ubuntu1
None known
node-multiparty
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.2.1-14.2.1-2
None known
node-multiparty
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.2.2-24.2.2-3
None known
node-multiparty
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.2.3-2
None known
node-multiparty
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
4.2.3-24.2.3-3
None known
node-multiparty
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
4.2.3-54.3.0+~4.2.1-1
None known
node-multiparty
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.2.3-34.2.3-4build14.2.3-5
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
first indexedCVE 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

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