HIGH

CVE-2026-14257

CVSS v3

7.5

HIGH

EPSS Score

exploit probability

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

SSVC status

Description

brace-expansion through 5.0.7 is vulnerable to denial of service via memory exhaustion. The expand() function limits the number of results with a max option (default 100,000) but does not bound the length of each result string. By chaining multiple brace groups, an attacker keeps the result count under the limit while making each result progressively longer, so total memory scales with both count and string length until the process hits a fatal, uncatchable out-of-memory error. About 7.5 KB of i

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
3.1
Published
7/23/2026
Last Modified
7/23/2026

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-14257?

brace-expansion through 5.0.7 is vulnerable to denial of service via memory exhaustion. The expand() function limits the number of results with a max option (default 100,000) but does not bound the length of each result string. By chaining multiple brace groups, an attacker keeps the result count under the limit while making each result progressively longer, so total memory scales with both count and string length until the process hits a fatal, uncatchable out-of-memory error. About 7.5 KB of i

Is CVE-2026-14257 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-14257 has not been confirmed. The EPSS score is N/A%, indicating the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-14257?

CVE-2026-14257 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string 3.1.

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