# CVE-2026-107389: music-metadata: EBML parser trusts element lengths, allowing memory exhaustion or process abort

- Also known as: GHSA-5GFJ-9Q3V-QFP3
- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 11.16.0
- Published: 2026-10-08 · Updated: 2026-10-09

## Affected

- Borewit music-metadata: fixed in 11.16.0
- music-metadata (npm): fixed in 11.16.0

## Description

music-metadata is a metadata parser for audio and video media files. Prior to 11.16.0, the Matroska and WebM EBML parser decodes an attacker-controlled VINT element length and uses it for string-token or Uint8Array allocation before confirming that the leaf fits within its parent or available input. Crafted WebM, MKV, or MKA inputs can cause disproportionate allocations, out-of-memory denial of service, or, for a demonstrated parseFile path on Node.js 26.7.0, an uncatchable V8 fatal abort. The exact failure mode depends on the tokenizer, parser API, and runtime, but the affected leaf-length validation flaw is shared and has availability impact only. This issue is fixed in version 11.16.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Borewit music-metadata, music-metadata, upgrade to a fixed version (11.16.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/security/advisories/GHSA-5gfj-9q3v-qfp3
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/pull/2735
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/commit/163f013364ac9fc8dd0c3987433cd065a615af58
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/commit/2d14dc1f7391a94235948a0b823155538f69b3df
- https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata/releases/tag/v11.16.0

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