USN-7976-1: Form-Data vulnerability

Publication date

26 January 2026

Overview

Form-Data could be made to allow unintended access.


Packages

  • node-form-data - A library to create readable 'multipart/form-data' streams

Details

Ben Shonaldmann discovered that Form-data incorrectly generated boundary
values for multipart form-encoded data, leading to predictable values. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to make arbitrary requests
to internal systems.

Ben Shonaldmann discovered that Form-data incorrectly generated boundary
values for multipart form-encoded data, leading to predictable values. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to make arbitrary requests
to internal systems.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.04 LTS noble node-form-data –  4.0.0-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy node-form-data –  3.0.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 LTS focal node-form-data –  3.0.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 LTS bionic node-form-data –  0.1.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial node-form-data –  0.1.0-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1  
14.04 LTS trusty node-form-data –  0.1.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1  

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