High severity · published May 12, 2026
CVE-2026-8159
multiparty vulnerable to ReDoS via filename parsing
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 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 multiparty@4.3.0 or higher.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MU
multiparty · multiparty
through 4.2.3 · source: vendor, NVD
Affected product
MU
multiparty
multiparty
More from multiparty
7.5
CVE-2026-87908
multiparty vulnerable to Denial of Service via unbounded part-header accumulation
7.5
CVE-2026-8162
multiparty vulnerable to Denial of Service via Uncaught Exception in filename* parameter parsing
7.5
CVE-2026-8161
multiparty vulnerable to Denial of Service via Prototype Pollution leading to Uncaught Exception