CVE-2026-19484

@fastify/busboy vulnerable to Denial of Service via oversized multipart boundary

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Aug 13, 2026
Updated
Aug 13, 2026
Reserved
Aug 10, 2026

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Description

@fastify/busboy is a multipart form-data parser. In versions 3.1.0 through 3.2.0, a remote unauthenticated attacker can stall the Node.js event loop by sending a multipart request whose boundary is crafted to a specific length. The vendored streaming search stores its skip table in a fixed 256 entry byte array, and a boundary of exactly 252 bytes makes the search needle 256 bytes, which truncates the default skip distance to zero and turns the search into a CPU bound loop on a small body. A single small request can keep one core busy and deny service to other requests handled by the same process. The issue is fixed in @fastify/busboy 3.2.1, which widens the skip table so the skip distance is preserved. Users should upgrade to 3.2.1.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hopenjs

Weaknesses

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
  • CWE-1322 Use of Blocking Code in Single-threaded, Non-blocking Context

Affected Products

ProductVersions
@fastify/busboy@fastify/busboy
  • 3.1.0 to before 3.2.1Affected
  • 3.2.1Not affected

References

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