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CVE-2026-45149
brace-expansion: Large numeric range defeats documented `max` DoS protection
Description
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.
Workaround
Ensure the string to be expanded doesn't contain more values than the desired max item count.
Patch Available
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Score
6.5
Severity
Medium
Ecosystem
JavaScript
Publish Date
May 18, 2026
Modified Date
June 9, 2026
Score Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Versions

