CVE-2026-45149
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CVE-2026-45149 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Juliangruber | Brace-Expansion | >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.6 |
References
- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/security/advisories/GHSA-jxxr-4gwj-5jf2Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Analyzed
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