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Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-117531

@fastify/multipart vulnerable to Denial of Service via a malformed upload hanging delayed file consumers

publishedCWE-400

@fastify/multipart is the multipart form-data and file upload plugin for the Fastify web framework. In versions 5.3.0 through 10.1.6, the plugin does not propagate a parser error to the file stream when a request body ends inside a file part with no closing boundary, even though the Content-Length is complete, the client does not abort, and no file size limit is exceeded. The plugin destroys the in-progress file stream without an error, so a handler that iterates the request parts and performs asynchronous work before consuming the file attaches to a stream that never emits an error or end event, and the request never responds while the connection stays open. An unauthenticated remote client can repeat these malformed uploads against such a route to accumulate pending connections and exhaust server resources, so the impact is availability only and exploitation depends on the application using a delayed file consumer. The issue is fixed in @fastify/multipart 10.1.7, where the parser error is propagated to the file stream so a delayed consumer settles with an error instead of hanging, and users should upgrade to 10.1.7 or later. There is no workaround other than upgrading.

Technical severity5.9 mediumCVSS 3.1 · CNA: openjs
Published2026-11-02Source updated 2026-11-02
Collected2026-11-022 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
@fastify/multipart
@fastify/multipart
@fastify/multipart
npm
≥ 5.3.0; < 10.1.7 (affected, semver)
10.1.7 (unaffected, semver)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: openjs

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
3.1 / 5.9
medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCNA: openjs
3.1 / 5.9
medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD: ce714d77-add3-4f53-aff5-83d477b104bb

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References