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Description

The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. Prior to 1.1.18, 2.1.4, 3.0.6, and 5.0.9, expand() does not apply maxLength while constructing comma-alternative intermediate arrays or padded sequences, allowing attacker-controlled input to exhaust memory or block the event loop. The fix for CVE-2026-14257 is bypassed by the vulnerability. This issue is fixed in versions 1.1.18, 2.1.4, 3.0.6, and 5.0.9.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
juliangruber brace-expansion < 1.1.18, >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.4, >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.6, >= 4.0.0, < 5.0.9 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 node-brace-expansion No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS node-brace-expansion No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS node-brace-expansion No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS node-brace-expansion No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS node-brace-expansion No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS node-brace-expansion No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 nodejs +5 1:22.23.1-6.el10_2 RHSA-2026:55541
RHEL 10 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-3.el10_2 RHSA-2026:52841
RHEL 10 nodejs-npm 1:10.9.8-1.22.23.1.6.el10_2 RHSA-2026:55541
RHEL 10 nodejs24 +4 1:24.18.0-5.el10_2 RHSA-2026:58819
RHEL 10 nodejs24-npm 1:11.16.0-1.24.18.0.5.el10_2 RHSA-2026:58819
RHEL 10 rh-podman-desktop 1.1.2-1.el10_2 RHSA-2026:57590
RHEL 9 nodejs +4 1:22.23.1-3.module+el9.8.0+24637+e0b636e5 RHSA-2026:55603, RHSA-2026:55601
RHEL 9 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-2.module+el9.8.0+24637+e0b636e5 RHSA-2026:55603, RHSA-2026:55601
RHEL 9 nodejs-packaging +1 2021.06-6.module+el9.8.0+24156+bb41d456 RHSA-2026:55603, RHSA-2026:55601
RHEL 9 npm 1:10.9.8-1.22.23.1.3.module+el9.8.0+24637+e0b636e5 RHSA-2026:55603, RHSA-2026:55601
RHEL 9 v8-12.4-devel 3:12.4.254.21-1.22.23.1.3.module+el9.8.0+24637+e0b636e5 RHSA-2026:55601
RHEL 9 v8-13.6-devel 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.18.0.6.module+el9.8.0+24638+75f46aee RHSA-2026:55603
RHEL 8 nodejs +4 1:22.23.1-3.module+el8.10.0+24640+6eba5e6e RHSA-2026:54530, RHSA-2026:54371
RHEL 8 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-2.module+el8.10.0+24639+56878497 RHSA-2026:54530, RHSA-2026:54371
RHEL 8 nodejs-packaging +1 2021.06-6.module+el8.10.0+24500+8eb51621 RHSA-2026:54530, RHSA-2026:54371
RHEL 8 npm 1:10.9.8-1.22.23.1.3.module+el8.10.0+24640+6eba5e6e RHSA-2026:54530, RHSA-2026:54371
RHEL 8 v8-12.4-devel 3:12.4.254.21-1.22.23.1.3.module+el8.10.0+24640+6eba5e6e RHSA-2026:54530
RHEL 8 v8-13.6-devel 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.18.0.3.module+el8.10.0+24639+56878497 RHSA-2026:54371
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10.0 EUS nodejs +5 1:22.23.2-1.el10_0 RHSA-2026:64817
RHEL 10.0 EUS nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-3.el10_0 RHSA-2026:61374
RHEL 10.0 EUS nodejs-npm 1:10.9.8-1.22.23.2.1.el10_0 RHSA-2026:64817
RHEL 9.6 EUS nodejs +4 1:22.23.2-1.module+el9.6.0+24769+299a7e3a RHSA-2026:62416
RHEL 9.6 EUS nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-2.module+el9.6.0+24789+4011c12f RHSA-2026:62416
RHEL 9.6 EUS nodejs-packaging +1 2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+23473+45664c2d RHSA-2026:62416
RHEL 9.6 EUS npm 1:10.9.8-1.22.23.2.1.module+el9.6.0+24769+299a7e3a RHSA-2026:62416
RHEL 9.6 EUS v8-12.4-devel 3:12.4.254.21-1.22.23.2.1.module+el9.6.0+24769+299a7e3a RHSA-2026:62416
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-activemq-artemis +14 2.40.0-8.redhat_00024.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-apache-cxf +3 4.1.7-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-artemis-wildfly-integration 2.0.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-bouncycastle +5 1.85.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-cryptacular 1.2.7-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-eap-product-conf-parent +1 801.8.0-1.GA_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-hibernate +2 6.6.54-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-httpcomponents-asyncclient 4.1.5-5.redhat_00008.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-ironjacamar +8 3.0.22-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jackson-core +12 2.18.9-1.redhat_00003.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jakarta-xml-bind-api 4.0.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jaxb +9 4.0.7-4.redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jaxbintros 2.1.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jboss-logging 3.6.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jboss-remoting 5.0.31-1.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jbossws-api 3.1.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jbossws-common-tools 2.2.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jbossws-cxf 7.4.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jbossws-jaxws-undertow-httpspi 3.0.1-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jbossws-spi 5.1.0-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-jsf-impl 4.0.11-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-log4j 2.25.4-1.redhat_00003.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-neethi 3.2.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-netty +14 4.1.136-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-nimbus-jose-jwt 9.37.4-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-parsson 1.1.9-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-saaj-impl +1 3.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-slf4j +1 2.0.18-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-undertow 2.3.26-2.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-wildfly +3 8.1.8-9.GA_redhat_00006.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-wildfly-elytron +1 2.6.11-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-wildfly-javadocs 8.1.1-12.GA_redhat_00048.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat JBoss EAP 8 eap8-ws-commons-XmlSchema 2.3.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap RHSA-2026:70230, RHSA-2026:70229, RHSA-2026:70228
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 grafana12.4 12.4.6-0.4.hum1 RHSA-2026:50290
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 grafana13.1 13.1.1-0.5.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:50826, RHSA-2026:50079
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 nodejs22 +6 22.23.2-2.3.2.hum1 RHSA-2026:54436
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 nodejs22-npm 10.9.8-1.22.23.2.2.3.2.hum1 RHSA-2026:54436
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 nodejs24 +6 24.18.1-0.2.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:54183
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 nodejs24-npm 11.16.0-1.24.18.1.0.2.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:54183
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 nodejs26 +6 26.7.0-1.5.2.hum1 RHSA-2026:54389
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 nodejs26-npm 11.19.0-1.26.7.0.1.5.2.hum1 RHSA-2026:54389
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 v8-12.4-devel 12.4.254.21-1.22.23.2.2.3.2.hum1 RHSA-2026:54436
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 v8-13.6-devel 13.6.233.17-1.24.18.1.0.2.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:54183
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 v8-14.6-devel 14.6.202.34-1.26.7.0.1.5.2.hum1 RHSA-2026:54389
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Inside 2 receptor 1.6.8-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Developer 2 python3.12-sqlparse 0.6.0-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Developer 2 receptor 1.6.8-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-controller-venv-tower 4.6.33-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-gateway-proxy-server 2.5.10-8.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-gateway-server 2.5.20260923-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 python3.12-gitpython 3.1.60-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 python3.12-sqlparse 0.6.0-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 receptor 1.6.8-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 nodejs +4 1:22.23.1-6.el10_2 ALSA-2026:55541
AlmaLinux 10 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-3.el10_2 ALSA-2026:52841
AlmaLinux 10 nodejs-npm 1:10.9.8-1.22.23.1.6.el10_2 ALSA-2026:55541
AlmaLinux 10 nodejs24 +4 1:24.18.0-5.el10_2 ALSA-2026:58819
AlmaLinux 10 nodejs24-npm 1:11.16.0-1.24.18.0.5.el10_2 ALSA-2026:58819
AlmaLinux 9 nodejs +4 1:22.23.1-3.module_el9.8.0+291+0bb98cce ALSA-2026:55603, ALSA-2026:55601
AlmaLinux 9 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-2.module_el9.8.0+291+0bb98cce ALSA-2026:55603, ALSA-2026:55601
AlmaLinux 9 nodejs-packaging +1 2021.06-6.module_el9.7.0+209+ecf6523e ALSA-2026:55603, ALSA-2026:55601
AlmaLinux 9 npm 1:10.9.8-1.22.23.1.3.module_el9.8.0+291+0bb98cce ALSA-2026:55603, ALSA-2026:55601
AlmaLinux 9 v8-12.4-devel 3:12.4.254.21-1.22.23.1.3.module_el9.8.0+291+0bb98cce ALSA-2026:55601
AlmaLinux 9 v8-13.6-devel 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.18.0.6.module_el9.8.0+292+f4eaf8b2 ALSA-2026:55603
AlmaLinux 8 nodejs +4 1:22.23.1-3.module_el8.10.0+4251+b427b8a5 ALSA-2026:54530, ALSA-2026:54371
AlmaLinux 8 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-2.module_el8.10.0+4250+09238ed4 ALSA-2026:54530, ALSA-2026:54371
AlmaLinux 8 nodejs-packaging +1 2021.06-6.module_el8.10.0+4086+70facd4a ALSA-2026:54530, ALSA-2026:54371
AlmaLinux 8 npm 1:10.9.8-1.22.23.1.3.module_el8.10.0+4251+b427b8a5 ALSA-2026:54530, ALSA-2026:54371
AlmaLinux 8 v8-12.4-devel 3:12.4.254.21-1.22.23.1.3.module_el8.10.0+4251+b427b8a5 ALSA-2026:54530
AlmaLinux 8 v8-13.6-devel 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.18.0.3.module_el8.10.0+4250+09238ed4 ALSA-2026:54371

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-3.el10_2 RLSA-2026:52841
Rocky Linux 10 nodejs22 1:22.23.1-6.el10_2 RLSA-2026:55541
Rocky Linux 10 nodejs24 1:24.18.0-5.el10_2 RLSA-2026:58819
Rocky Linux 9 nodejs 1:22.23.1-3.module+el9.8.0+40280+057606e8 RLSA-2026:55603, RLSA-2026:55601
Rocky Linux 9 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-2.module+el9.8.0+40264+d9b257bb RLSA-2026:55603, RLSA-2026:55601
Rocky Linux 9 nodejs-packaging 2021.06-6.module+el9.7.0+40052+e32ea525 RLSA-2026:55603, RLSA-2026:55601
Rocky Linux 8 nodejs 1:22.23.1-3.module+el8.10.0+40278+50b003a3 RLSA-2026:54530, RLSA-2026:54371
Rocky Linux 8 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-2.module+el8.10.0+40277+b1b3f89e RLSA-2026:54530, RLSA-2026:54371
Rocky Linux 8 nodejs-packaging 2021.06-6.module+el8.10.0+40048+6d99f608 RLSA-2026:54530, RLSA-2026:54371
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed velociraptor 0.76.7.0.git145.b60ef1146-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12070-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs24 +4 1:24.22.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3297
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs24-npm 1:11.19.1-1.24.22.0.1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3297
Amazon Linux 2023 v8-13.6-devel 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.22.0.1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3297

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 js-jquery +1 No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 nodejs +4 1:22.23.1-6.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-55541
Oracle Linux 10 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-3.el10_2 ELSA-2026-52841
Oracle Linux 10 nodejs-npm 1:10.9.8-1.22.23.1.6.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-55541
Oracle Linux 10 nodejs24 +4 1:24.18.0-5.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-58819
Oracle Linux 10 nodejs24-npm 1:11.16.0-1.24.18.0.5.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-58819
Oracle Linux 9 nodejs +4 1:22.23.1-3.module+el9.8.0+90991+73acc950 ELSA-2026-55603, ELSA-2026-55601
Oracle Linux 9 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-2.module+el9.8.0+90991+73acc950 ELSA-2026-55603, ELSA-2026-55601
Oracle Linux 9 nodejs-packaging +1 2021.06-6.module+el9.8.0+90946+13dc792a ELSA-2026-55603, ELSA-2026-55601
Oracle Linux 9 npm 1:10.9.8-1.22.23.1.3.module+el9.8.0+90991+73acc950 ELSA-2026-55603, ELSA-2026-55601
Oracle Linux 9 v8-12.4-devel 3:12.4.254.21-1.22.23.1.3.module+el9.8.0+90991+73acc950 ELSA-2026-55601
Oracle Linux 9 v8-13.6-devel 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.18.0.6.module+el9.8.0+90993+075b4fd6 ELSA-2026-55603
Oracle Linux 8 nodejs +4 1:22.23.1-3.module+el8.10.0+90989+141244df ELSA-2026-54530, ELSA-2026-54371
Oracle Linux 8 nodejs-nodemon 3.1.14-2.module+el8.10.0+90988+ddbb43dc ELSA-2026-54530, ELSA-2026-54371
Oracle Linux 8 nodejs-packaging +1 2021.06-4.module+el8.10.0+90968+e271b286 ELSA-2026-54530, ELSA-2026-54371
Oracle Linux 8 npm 1:10.9.8-1.22.23.1.3.module+el8.10.0+90989+141244df ELSA-2026-54530, ELSA-2026-54371
Oracle Linux 8 v8-12.4-devel 3:12.4.254.21-1.22.23.1.3.module+el8.10.0+90989+141244df ELSA-2026-54530
Oracle Linux 8 v8-13.6-devel 3:13.6.233.17-1.24.18.0.3.module+el8.10.0+90988+ddbb43dc ELSA-2026-54371

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling argo-workflows-ui-4.0 4.0.8-r2 —
Wolfi rolling jupyter-base-notebook 7.6.3-r2 —
Wolfi rolling katib-suggestion-hyperopt 0.19.0-r40 —
Wolfi rolling langfuse-3-compat 3.225.7-r6 —
Wolfi rolling langfuse-3-worker 3.225.0-r2 —
Wolfi rolling nextcloud-server-33 33.0.7-r3 —
Wolfi rolling npm-12 12.0.2-r2 —
Wolfi rolling opensearch-dashboards-3 +6 3.7.0-r14 —
Wolfi rolling prism 5.16.0-r4 —
Wolfi rolling pulumi-language-nodejs 3.256.0-r0 —
Wolfi rolling rancher-api-ui 1.2.3-r12 —
Wolfi rolling renovate 44.23.3-r0 —
Wolfi rolling saf 1.6.0-r4 —
Wolfi rolling serve 14.2.6-r5 —
Wolfi rolling sqlpad 7.5.7-r31 —
Wolfi rolling ts-patch 4.0.1-r42 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm brace-expansion < 1.1.18 1.1.18 GHSA-rgw5-rvv9-x895
npm brace-expansion >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.4 2.1.4 GHSA-rgw5-rvv9-x895
npm brace-expansion >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.6 3.0.6 GHSA-rgw5-rvv9-x895
npm brace-expansion >= 4.0.0, < 5.0.9 5.0.9 GHSA-rgw5-rvv9-x895

Advisories 50

References