multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via file descriptor leak on aborted uploads

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0046, the 39th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 8 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-qfvm-cv95-jqjf
• OSV: GHSA-qfvm-cv95-jqjf
• github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-qfvm-cv95-jqjf
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77037
• github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/eef74440b491ef0f976f3d25895e8089ae495df0
• cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
• github.com/expressjs/multer
• github.com/expressjs/multer/releases/tag/v2.3.0

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.