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SCA: security update for multer (GHSA-g5hg-p3ph-g8qg)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 427841

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Multer is a node.js middleware for handling `multipart/form-data`. A vulnerability that is present
 starting in version 1.4.4-lts.1 and prior to version 2.0.1 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of
 Service (DoS) by sending an upload file request with an empty string field name. This request causes an
 unhandled exception, leading to a crash of the process. Users should upgrade to `2.0.1` to receive a
 patch. No known workarounds are available. (CVE-2025-48997)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g5hg-p3ph-g8qg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 427841

Version: Revision 1.12

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/5/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48997

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48997

cwe: CWE-248