GHSA-x8mw-p69m-v3mx
@fastify/busboy vulnerable to Denial of Service via prototype-named multipart part header
Quick fix
GHSA-x8mw-p69m-v3mx — @fastify/busboy: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
npm install @fastify/busboy@3.2.1Details
### Impact
Versions of `@fastify/busboy` from 1.0.0 and prior to 3.2.1 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service. The multipart header parser stores part-header names on a plain JavaScript object, so a part header named `__proto__` or `constructor` resolves to an inherited value that is not an array, and the parser throws `TypeError: this.header[h].push is not a function`. Through the documented `req.pipe(busboy)` integration this surfaces as an `error` event, while direct `write()`/`end()` usage throws synchronously and can terminate the Node.js process if uncaught. The parser runs before application middleware, so any unauthenticated client that can submit multipart/form-data is affected.
### Patches
Fixed in version 3.2.1.
### Workarounds
Attach an `error` listener to the Busboy stream so the parser failure is handled rather than crashing the process, and wrap direct `write()`/`end()` calls in a try/catch. Upgrading to 3.2.1 removes the failure entirely.
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References
- https://github.com/fastify/busboy/security/advisories/GHSA-x8mw-p69m-v3mx[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19481[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/fastify/busboy/commit/957a24b66d5915e6d0a6ac988c9dbcee86373e9b[WEB]
- https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html[WEB]
- https://github.com/fastify/busboy[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/fastify/busboy/releases/tag/v3.2.1[WEB]