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
- Juliangruber Brace-expansion — versions 0
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.