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CVE-2026-12143
Published:June 12, 2026
Updated:June 16, 2026
form-data is a library for creating readable multipart/form-data streams. In versions through 4.0.5, the "field" argument to "FormData#append" and the "filename" option are concatenated verbatim into the "Content-Disposition" header without escaping carriage return (CR), line feed (LF), or double-quote (") characters. An application that passes attacker-controlled data as a field name or filename (for example, an API gateway that turns JSON object keys into multipart field names) allows the attacker to terminate the header line and inject additional headers, or to smuggle entire additional multipart parts, into the request the application forwards to a backend. This can let the attacker add or override form fields (e.g. set "is_admin=true") seen by the downstream parser. This is an instance of CWE-93 (CRLF injection). The fix escapes CR, LF, and """ as "%0D", "%0A", and "%22" in field names and filenames, matching the serialization browsers use per the WHATWG HTML multipart/form-data encoding algorithm. Exploitation requires the consuming application to use untrusted input as a field name or filename; applications that use only fixed/trusted field names are not affected. Fixed in 2.5.6, 3.0.5, and 4.0.6.
Affected Packages
form-data (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.0 <2.5.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.5.6
form-data (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.0 <4.0.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.0.6
form-data (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=3.0.0 <3.0.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.0.5
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.32