CVE-2026-102276

brace-expansion: DoS via uncontrolled recursion in parseCommaParts causing stack exhaustion

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 28, 2026 at 08:50 PM UTC
Updated: September 30, 2026 at 07:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBrace Expansion

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. Prior to 1.1.19, 2.1.5, 3.0.7, and 5.0.10, crafted brace patterns can exhaust the native stack in parseCommaParts because parseCommaParts recursively processes the remainder once per brace group and uses push.apply to pass every element of a very large comma-part array as a function argument. Patterns containing many comma-separated brace groups trigger the recursive path, while the large array triggers the argument-array path without deep recursion. These paths cause recursive and argument-array native stack exhaustion before max or maxLength can limit output, potentially terminating the Node.js process in a process-terminating denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 1.1.19, 2.1.5, 3.0.7, and 5.0.10.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.1.19v < 2.1.5v < 3.0.7v < 5.0.10
Affected range stops below 1.1.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-674

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