CVE-2026-102277

CVE Details

Release Date:	2026-09-28
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. Prior to 1.1.21, 2.1.7, 3.0.9, and 5.0.12, the expand function handles untrusted {a},b}-shaped patterns with many trailing closing braces by restarting its scan once for each trailing closing brace. The successive full-input rescans with linear working-string growth cause quadratic CPU time and memory pressure that can block the Node.js event loop. The process eventually recovers, making the impact a recoverable CPU denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 1.1.21, 2.1.7, 3.0.9, and 5.0.12.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	5.3
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Low

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs)	ELSA-2026-92376	2026-10-30
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2026-92376	2026-10-30
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2026-92376	2026-10-30
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs)	ELSA-2026-92378	2026-10-30
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2026-92378	2026-10-30
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2026-92378	2026-10-30