@fastify/busboy vulnerable to Denial of Service via oversized multipart boundary — GHSA-XJH9-V7X6-24JW

Summary

### Impact Versions of `@fastify/busboy` from 3.1.0 and prior to 3.2.1 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service. The vendored streaming multipart search stores its default skip distance in a `Uint8Array(256)`. A multipart boundary of exactly 252 bytes makes the search needle 256 bytes, and the table entry wraps to zero, so a crafted request keeps the search in a CPU-bound loop and stalls the Node.js event loop. An…

Timeline

Published by source

2026-10-02

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: high.
• Reported CVSS score: 7.5 out of 10.
• Reported EPSS value: 0.00615.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: npm: @fastify/busboy.

Product

npm: @fastify/busboy

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Prioritize patching or mitigation immediately (treat as actively risky).
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

GHSA-XJH9-V7X6-24JW

Source

GitHub

Vendor

GitHub

Published by source

2026-10-02

Last source activity

2026-10-02

Additional identifiers

CVE-2026-19484

Curated by

hlukh.ch

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