Disclosure summary
braces through 3.0.3 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in the recursive AST walkers that lack depth guards. Attackers can supply deeply nested brace patterns under the character limit to exhaust the call stack and terminate the Node.js process with an uncaught RangeError.
Source-specific records & product guidance
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GitHub Reviewed Security Advisories · GHSA-vfj7-8cjw-p6xm
Open original source · Updated Oct 02, 2026
braces vulnerable to stack-exhaustion denial of service through deeply nested patterns
Source severity: HIGH / 8.7
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | First patched |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | braces | Not supplied |
Original records & references
- NIST NVD record
- CVE Program record
- github.com — Reviewed advisory
PUBLISHED 2026-09-18T14:31:41-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-02T18:36:34-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-06T11:45:17-04:00