CVE catalog
CVE-2026-69152
The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. Prior to 1.1.18, 2.1.4, 3.0.6, and 5.0.9, expand() does not apply maxLength while constructing comma-alte
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.65% · Oct 25, 2026
The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. Prior to 1.1.18, 2.1.4, 3.0.6, and 5.0.9, expand() does not apply maxLength while constructing comma-alternative intermediate arrays or padded sequences, allowing attacker-controlled input to exhaust memory or block the event loop. The fix for CVE-2026-14257 is bypassed by the vulnerability. This issue is fixed in versions 1.1.18, 2.1.4, 3.0.6, and 5.0.9.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | sid | 2.1.7+~1.1.2-1 | not affected |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | forky | 2.1.7+~1.1.2-1 | not affected |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | trixie | 2.0.1+~1.1.0-2 | not affected |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | bookworm | 2.0.1-2 | not affected |
| Npm | brace-expansion | Not reported | 5.0.9 | fixed |
| Npm | brace-expansion | Not reported | 2.1.4 | fixed |
| Npm | brace-expansion | Not reported | 3.0.6 | fixed |
| Npm | brace-expansion | Not reported | 5.0.9 | fixed |
| Npm | brace-expansion | Not reported | 1.1.18 | fixed |
| Npm | brace-expansion | Not reported | 2.1.4 | fixed |
| Npm | brace-expansion | Not reported | 3.0.6 | fixed |
| Npm | brace-expansion | Not reported | 5.0.9 | fixed |
| Cpe | brace-expansion | Not reported | 5.0.9 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-brace-expansion | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | brace-expansion | npm | Not reported | 5.0.9 | Not reported | GHSA-RGW5-RVV9-X895 | Not reported |
| Npm | brace-expansion | npm | Not reported | 2.1.4 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | brace-expansion | npm | Not reported | 3.0.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | brace-expansion | npm | Not reported | 5.0.9 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | brace-expansion | npm | Not reported | 1.1.18 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | brace-expansion | npm | Not reported | 2.1.4 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | brace-expansion | npm | Not reported | 3.0.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | brace-expansion | npm | Not reported | 5.0.9 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | brace-expansion | cpe | Not reported | 5.0.9 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2026-69152 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-brace-expansion]Not affected
Details (2)
2.0.1-2· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · node-brace-expansion · debian · bookworm
2.0.1-2· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · node-brace-expansion · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2026_52841.json]
- [https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/139d015104e71433ad52a41d19467c48ecbb2c7d]
- [https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/1e30c930238d7162802d88a94189182def178dac]
- [https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/688a99eeaab02627c2b89ba8ba4821fecfa659cf]
- [https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/cb4b9e47cc2ec777c14b2b4492fb431a56f6a031]
- [https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/security/advisories/GHSA-rgw5-rvv9-x895]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69152]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rgw5-rvv9-x895]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-69152]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-69152.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-2725.json]
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