# braces (npm) vulnerabilities

3 known vulnerabilities (2 high), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: 3.0.3 (May 21, 2024): affected by CVE-2026-93687
- Newest unaffected release: Every release is affected by at least one advisory
- Weekly downloads: 219.6M
- Dependents: 300.4K
- Releases: 37 since 0.1.0 (Oct 20, 2014)
- Registry: https://www.npmjs.com/package/braces
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-93687: 0.1.0 to 3.0.3 (through the newest release)
- CVE-2024-4068: 0.1.0 to 3.0.2 (3.0.3 is outside it)
- CVE-2018-1109: 2.2.0 to 2.3.0 (2.3.1 is outside it)

## Advisories (3)

### [CVE-2026-93687](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-93687): braces through 3.0.3 Stack Overflow via Deeply Nested Patterns

- Severity: High 8.7
- Published: Sep 18, 2026
- Affected: through 3.0.3.
- No fix released. The latest release, 3.0.3, is still affected.
- 100% of braces downloads last week were affected versions (251.6M).

### [CVE-2024-4068](https://cve.now/CVE-2024-4068): Memory Exhaustion in braces

- Severity: High 7.5
- Published: May 13, 2024
- Affected: through 3.0.2; fixed in 3.0.3.
- Fixed in 3.0.3 (released May 21, 2024, 8 days after disclosure).
- The latest release, 3.0.3, is not affected.
- 15% of braces downloads last week were affected versions (38.3M).

### [CVE-2018-1109](https://cve.now/CVE-2018-1109): A vulnerability was found in Braces versions 2.2.0 and above, prior to 2.3.1.

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Mar 30, 2021
- Affected: from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.3.1.
- Fixed in 2.3.1 (released Feb 18, 2018, 1136 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 3.0.3, is not affected.
- <0.1% of braces downloads last week were affected versions (40.2K).

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