Resource exhaustion in Juliangruber Brace-expansion

CVE-2026-14257

brace-expansion through 5.0.7 is vulnerable to denial of service via memory exhaustion. The expand() function limits the number of results with a max option (default 100,000) but does not bound the length of each result string. By chaining…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-14257?
CVE-2026-14257 is a high-severity vulnerability in Juliangruber Brace-expansion, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-07-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-14257?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.