Description
braces through 3.0.3 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in the recursive AST walkers that lack depth guards. Attackers can supply deeply nested brace patterns under the character limit to exhaust the call stack and terminate the Node.js process with an uncaught RangeError.
Published: 2026-09-18
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Micromatch
Micromatch braces
Vendors & Products Micromatch
Micromatch braces

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description braces through 3.0.3 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in the recursive AST walkers that lack depth guards. Attackers can supply deeply nested brace patterns under the character limit to exhaust the call stack and terminate the Node.js process with an uncaught RangeError.
Title braces through 3.0.3 Stack Overflow via Deeply Nested Patterns
First Time appeared Jonschlinkert
Jonschlinkert braces
Weaknesses CWE-674
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:jonschlinkert:braces:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Jonschlinkert
Jonschlinkert braces
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, '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'}


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Jonschlinkert Braces
Micromatch Braces
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T16:58:35.313Z

Reserved: 2026-09-18T14:39:01.117Z

Link: CVE-2026-93687

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-18T16:56:38.072Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-18T16:17:15.507

Modified: 2026-09-18T17:17:07.183

Link: CVE-2026-93687

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-18T23:15:16Z

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