CVE-2026-8161

Summary

multiparty@4.2.3 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 such as proto, constructor, or 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. Impact: any service accepting multipart uploads via multiparty is affected. Workarounds: none. Upgrade to multiparty@4.3.0 or higher.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-248: CWE-248: Uncaught Exception
• CWE-1321: CWE-1321: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://github.com/pillarjs/multiparty/security/advisories/GHSA-qxch-whhj-8956
• https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html

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