CVE-2026-67214: nanoid: non-secure generators can loop indefinitely with negative size
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nanoid (Nano ID) before 5.1.16 contains an infinite loop in the customAlphabet and nanoid functions of its non-secure module (nanoid/non-secure). When these functions are given a negative size, the loop counter is decremented from a negative value and never reaches its termination condition, spinning indefinitely and hanging the calling thread. An application that passes an unvalidated, attacker-controlled negative size to these functions is exposed to a denial-of-service condition.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-28wg-ghj8-5hjv
- github.com/ai/nanoid/commit/6ccc67bbaba71d3d77a21d9b636f4171a268ce49
- github.com/ai/nanoid/commit/e835c9b71eab832bc6106944bdd26ea96cf2c66d
- github.com/ai/nanoid/pull/600
- github.com/ai/nanoid/pull/601
- github.com/ai/nanoid/releases/tag/5.1.16
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67214
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nanoid-before-infinite-loop-via-negative-size-in-non-secure-module
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