CVE-2026-45149

The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. From 5.0.0 to before 5.0.6, the max option was being applied too late. When expanding a single large numeric range like {1..10000000}, the sequence generation loop generates all 10 million intermediate elements before the max limit is applied With max=10, the output is correctly limited to 10 items, but the process still allocates ~505 MB and spends ~800ms building the full intermediate array. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.0.6.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:juliangruber:brace-expansion:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

History

22 Jul 2026, 06:10

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Summary
  • (es) La biblioteca brace-expansion genera cadenas arbitrarias que contienen un prefijo y un sufijo comunes. Desde la versión 5.0.0 hasta antes de la 5.0.6, la opción max se estaba aplicando demasiado tarde. Al expandir un único rango numérico grande como {1..10000000}, el bucle de generación de secuencia genera los 10 millones de elementos intermedios antes de que se aplique el límite max. Con max=10, la salida se limita correctamente a 10 elementos, pero el proceso sigue asignando ~505 MB y gasta ~800ms en construir el array intermedio completo. Esta vulnerabilidad se corrige en la versión 5.0.6.

03 Jun 2026, 20:13

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:juliangruber:brace-expansion:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
References () https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/security/advisories/GHSA-jxxr-4gwj-5jf2 - () https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/security/advisories/GHSA-jxxr-4gwj-5jf2 - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
First Time Juliangruber brace-expansion
Juliangruber

29 May 2026, 20:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-29 20:16

Updated : 2026-07-22 06:10


NVD link : CVE-2026-45149

Mitre link : CVE-2026-45149

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-45149


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Products Affected

juliangruber

  • brace-expansion
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption