Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via resource exhaustion

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-2359",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via resource exhaustion",
    "summary": "Multer is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. A vulnerability in Multer prior to version 2.1.0 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by dropping connection during file upload, potentially causing resource exhaustion. Users should upgrade to version 2.1.0 to receive a patch. No known workarounds are available.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-2359",
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    "severity": "high",
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              "repo": "https://github.com/expressjs/multer",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "fixed": "809f9ddac298a5aff4686e14cfac8d003b93e9c9"
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            "v2.0.1",
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            "v1.4.5-lts.2",
            "v1.4.5-lts.1",
            "v1.4.4",
            "v1.4.4-lts.1",
            "v1.4.3",
            "v1.4.2",
            "v1.4.1",
            "v1.4.0",
            "v1.3.1",
            "v1.3.0",
            "v1.2.1",
            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.0.6",
            "v1.0.5",
            "v1.0.4",
            "v1.0.3",
            "v1.0.2",
            "v1.0.1",
            "v1.0.0"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:24.926646608Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-2359.json",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2359",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6174",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6802",
        "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2359",
        "https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/2xxx/CVE-2026-2359.json",
        "https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-v52c-386h-88mc",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2359",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443350",
        "https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/cccf0fe0e64150c4f42ccf6654165c0d66b9adab"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 491383,
  "published_at": "2026-02-27T15:42:08.088+00:00"
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