# CVE-2026-13149: brace-expansion through 5.0.6 is vulnerable to denial of service.

- Also known as: GHSA-3JXR-9VMJ-R5CP
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- 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:N/E:P/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.0.7, 1.1.16, 2.1.2
- Published: 2026-06-30 · Updated: 2026-07-08

## Affected

- brace-expansion: through 5.0.6
- brace-expansion (npm): from 3.0.0, fixed in 5.0.7
- brace-expansion (npm): fixed in 1.1.16
- brace-expansion (npm): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.2

## Description

brace-expansion through 5.0.6 is vulnerable to denial of service. The expand() function exhibits exponential-time complexity in the number of consecutive non-expanding '{}' brace groups. An attacker who passes a crafted string to expand(), directly or transitively, can cause significant CPU consumption and event-loop blocking. The max option does not mitigate this, as it bounds the output size rather than the recursion work.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on brace-expansion, upgrade to a fixed version (5.0.7, 1.1.16, 2.1.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commit/c7e33ec13ac1a684c116720843ce24e208611754
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/brace-expansion

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