SCA: security update for multer (GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 427729

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 2.0.0 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of
Service (DoS) by sending a malformed multi-part upload request. This request causes an unhandled
exception, leading to a crash of the process. Users should upgrade to version 2.0.0 to receive a patch. No
known workarounds are available. (CVE-2025-47944)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4pg4-qvpc-4q3h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 427729

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-47944

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47944

cwe: CWE-248