The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. Prior to versions 5.0.5, 3.0.2, 2.0.3, and 1.1.13, a brace pattern with a zero step value (e.g., `{1..2..0}`) causes the sequence generation loop to run indefinitely, making the process hang for seconds and allocate heaps of memory. Versions 5.0.5, 3.0.2, 2.0.3, and 1.1.13 fix the issue. As a workaround, sanitize strings passed to `expand()` to ensure a step value of `0` is not used.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 9
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/blob/daa71bcb4a30a2df9bcb7f7b8daaf2ab30e5794a/src/index.ts#L107-L113 Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/blob/daa71bcb4a30a2df9bcb7f7b8daaf2ab30e5794a/src/index.ts#L184 Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/311ac0d54994158c0a384e286a7d6cbb17ee8ed5 Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/7fd684f89fdde3549563d0a6522226a9189472a2 Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/b9cacd9e55e7a1fa588fe4b7bb1159d52f1d902a Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/95 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/96 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/97 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/security/advisories/GHSA-f886-m6hf-6m8v Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · juliangruberNVD modified 2026-10-26 22:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:juliangruber:brace-expansion:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
References 10
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/blob/daa71bcb4a30a2df9bcb7f7b8daaf2ab30e5794a/src/index.ts#L107-L113 Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/blob/daa71bcb4a30a2df9bcb7f7b8daaf2ab30e5794a/src/index.ts#L184 Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/311ac0d54994158c0a384e286a7d6cbb17ee8ed5 Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/7fd684f89fdde3549563d0a6522226a9189472a2 Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/b9cacd9e55e7a1fa588fe4b7bb1159d52f1d902a Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/issues/98 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/95 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/96 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/pull/97 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/security/advisories/GHSA-f886-m6hf-6m8v Mitigation, Vendor Advisory