Medium severity · published Sep 14, 2026
CVE-2026-88932
multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via orphaned disk writes on aborted uploads
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
multer is a Node.js middleware for handling multipart/form-data uploads. In versions 2.2.0 through 2.3.0, when a request using disk storage is aborted mid-upload, file writes that complete after multer has already run its abort cleanup are not removed, so each aborted upload can leave an orphaned file on disk. A remote unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly start and abort uploads to accumulate orphaned files and exhaust disk space, causing a denial of service. The issue is fixed in multer 2.4.0, and users should upgrade to 2.4.0 or later.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MU
multer · multer
2.2.0 before 2.4.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88932
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88932
cna.openjsf.org
https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
github.com
https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-3pph-fpjx-jg34
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