Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting multer package, versions <2.1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-MULTER-15417528
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed4 Mar 2026
  • creditYuki Matsuhashi

Introduced: 4 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-3520  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade multer to version 2.1.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion. An attacker can cause the application to crash or become unresponsive by sending malformed requests that trigger uncontrolled recursion, potentially leading to a stack overflow.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1