Advisory Database
  • Advisories
  • Dependency Scanning
  1. npm
  2. ›
  3. brace-expansion
  4. ›
  5. CVE-2026-45149

CVE-2026-45149: brace-expansion: Large numeric range defeats documented `max` DoS protection

May 18, 2026 (updated June 9, 2026)

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.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-jxxr-4gwj-5jf2
  • github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/c0b095bdc52bc4c36dc88deddbadabc49f8371e5
  • github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/security/advisories/GHSA-jxxr-4gwj-5jf2
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45149

Code Behaviors & Features

Detect and mitigate CVE-2026-45149 with GitLab Dependency Scanning

Secure your software supply chain by verifying that all open source dependencies used in your projects contain no disclosed vulnerabilities. Dependency Scanning using SBOM also detects vulnerabilities from proprietary advisories that this site does not include. Learn more about Dependency Scanning using SBOM →

Affected versions

All versions starting from 5.0.0 before 5.0.6

Fixed versions

  • 5.0.6

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.6 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Learn more about CVSS

Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

npm/brace-expansion/CVE-2026-45149.yml

Spotted a mistake? Edit the file on GitLab.

  • Site Repo
  • About GitLab
  • Terms
  • Privacy Statement
  • Contact

Page generated Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:16:25 +0000.