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CVE-2026-45617: LiquidJS Vulnerable to ReDoS via Quadratic Backtracking in `strip_html` Filter Regex

May 27, 2026 (updated July 9, 2026)

The built-in strip_html filter in liquidjs uses a regex containing four lazy-quantified alternatives. When the input contains many <script, <style, or <!-- opener tokens without matching closers, the V8 regex engine performs O(N²) backtracking, blocking the Node.js event loop. A single ~350 KB request ('<script'.repeat(50000)) stalls the process for ~10 seconds; cost grows quadratically with input size. The default memoryLimit: Infinity does not bound regex CPU, and even when configured strip_html only charges str.length to the limit — the regex itself runs unbounded.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-r7g9-xpmj-5fcq
  • github.com/harttle/liquidjs/commit/3616a744b9abeb425c217b340a2397d46176afb8
  • github.com/harttle/liquidjs/releases/tag/v10.26.0
  • github.com/harttle/liquidjs/security/advisories/GHSA-r7g9-xpmj-5fcq
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45617

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Affected versions

All versions before 10.26.0

Fixed versions

  • 10.26.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 10.26.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Source file

npm/liquidjs/CVE-2026-45617.yml

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