Is multiparty affected by CVE-2026-8162?

npm multiparty is affected in <4.3.0.

Is CVE-2026-8162 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.3%.

high

CVE-2026-8162

Q: Is CVE-2026-8162 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.3%.

npm · multiparty

Summary

multiparty vulnerable to Denial of Service via Uncaught Exception in filename* parameter parsing

Severity: high
EPSS: 0.3% (p19)
Also known as: GHSA-xh3c-6gcq-g4rv
Published: 2026-05-18

References

https://github.com/pillarjs/multiparty/security/advisories/GHSA-xh3c-6gcq-g4rv
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8162
https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html

Related advisories

CVE-2026-8159 — high · npm/multiparty
CVE-2026-8161 — high · npm/multiparty

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.