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SCA: security update for multer (GHSA-3p4h-7m6x-2hcm)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 443385

Description

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

 - Impact: multer versions 2.0.0-alpha.1 through 2.1.1 and 3.0.0-alpha.1 are vulnerable to a Denial of
 Service when using diskStorage. Aborted or malformed multipart uploads leave orphaned partial files on
 disk because the Readable.pipe() call does not propagate the stream destroy signal to the underlying
 fs.WriteStream. An attacker can exhaust disk space by triggering many aborted uploads, with no application
 bug required. Patches: Users should upgrade to multer 2.2.0 (2.x line) or 3.0.0-alpha.2 (3.x prerelease).
 Both versions track in-flight write streams and clean them up on the abort path. Workarounds: None.
 (CVE-2026-5038)

Solution

Update the multer library and its related packages to version 2.2.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3p4h-7m6x-2hcm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 443385

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/18/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

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-2026-5038

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: 6/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5038

cwe: CWE-459