Description
@isaacs/brace-expansion is a hybrid CJS/ESM TypeScript fork of brace-expansion. Prior to version 5.0.1, @isaacs/brace-expansion is vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) issue caused by unbounded brace range expansion. When an attacker provides a pattern containing repeated numeric brace ranges, the library attempts to eagerly generate every possible combination synchronously. Because the expansion grows exponentially, even a small input can consume excessive CPU and memory and may crash the Node.js process. This issue has been patched in version 5.0.1.
Published: 2026-02-04
Score: 9.2 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7h2j-956f-4vf2 @isaacs/brace-expansion has Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
History

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-409
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Isaacs
Isaacs brace-expansion
Vendors & Products Isaacs
Isaacs brace-expansion

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description @isaacs/brace-expansion is a hybrid CJS/ESM TypeScript fork of brace-expansion. Prior to version 5.0.1, @isaacs/brace-expansion is vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) issue caused by unbounded brace range expansion. When an attacker provides a pattern containing repeated numeric brace ranges, the library attempts to eagerly generate every possible combination synchronously. Because the expansion grows exponentially, even a small input can consume excessive CPU and memory and may crash the Node.js process. This issue has been patched in version 5.0.1.
Title Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in @isaacs/brace-expansion
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H'}


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Isaacs Brace-expansion
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-05T14:31:38.349Z

Reserved: 2026-02-02T19:59:47.376Z

Link: CVE-2026-25547

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-05T14:24:51.376Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-02-04T22:16:00.813

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2026-25547

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-02-04T21:51:17Z

Links: CVE-2026-25547 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-17T23:15:30Z

Weaknesses