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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-45149

The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix.

Published May 29, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 22, 2026 · The brace-expansion library generates

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-45149. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of The brace-expansion library generates is installed.

Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.36%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe juliangruber/brace-expansion

The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. From 5.0.0 to before 5.0.6, 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. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.0.6.

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  • cpe juliangruber/brace-expansionversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-45149

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-45149. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of The brace-expansion library generates is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. EPSS 0.36%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 29, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. From 5.0.0 to before 5.0.6, 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

  2. Jul 22, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. From 5.0.0 to before 5.0.6, 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

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-45149

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-45149

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-45149

    The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. From 5.0.0 to before 5.0.6, 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 mill

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.