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GHSA-qxch-whhj-8956

multiparty: Denial of Service via Prototype Pollution leads to Uncaught Exception

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2026-8161

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm multiparty < 4.3.0 4.3.0

Details

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### Impact [email protected] and lower versions are vulnerable to denial of service via uncaught exception. By sending a `multipart/form-data` request with a field name that collides with an inherited `Object.prototype` property (e.g., `__proto__`, `constructor`, `toString`), the parser invokes `.push()` on the inherited prototype value rather than an array, throwing a `TypeError` that propagates as an uncaught exception and crashes the process. Any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. ### Patches Users should upgrade to [email protected] or higher. ### Workarounds None.

References

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