Upgrade form-data library version to 4.0.4 due to security advisory
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Description
Type|url
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Original advisory | https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/07/GHSA-fjxv-7rqg-78g4/GHSA-fjxv-7rqg-78g4.json
Web | https://github.com/form-data/form-data/security/advisories/GHSA-fjxv-7rqg-78g4
Advisory | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7783
Web | https://github.com/form-data/form-data/commit/3d1723080e6577a66f17f163ecd345a21d8d0fd0
Web | https://github.com/benweissmann/CVE-2025-7783-poc
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked GitHub and NVD advisories for CVE-2025-7783, along with the referenced form-data fix commit. Locate where the form-data dependency is declared and update it to version 4.0.4. Done means the project uses the fixed version and its existing checks pass.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100