CVE-2026-13149
brace-expansion through 5.0.6 is vulnerable to denial of service. The expand() function exhibits exponential-time complexity in the number of consecutive non-expanding '{}' brace groups. An attacker who passes a crafted string to expand(), directly or transitively, can cause significant CPU consumption and event-loop blocking. The max option does not mitigate this, as it bounds the output size rather than the recursion work.
- Published Jun 30, 2026
- CVSS 7.7 high
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- A fix is available
Affected software
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