Resource Exhaustion Affecting prism package, versions <5.16.0-r14


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-PRISM-20538561
  • published6 Oct 2026
  • disclosed28 Sept 2026

Introduced: 28 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-102278  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard prism to version 5.16.0-r14 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream prism package and not the prism package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. Prior to 1.1.20, 2.1.6, 3.0.8, and 5.0.11, deeply nested brace groups cause expand_() to recurse once per nesting level at comma-member and single-set expansion sites, exhausting the native stack before output limits can apply and potentially terminating the Node.js process. expand_ performs uncontrolled recursion for nested brace alternatives and single-part sets. deeply nested brace groups supplied as an untrusted pattern. expand_ is affected. expand is affected. Comma members is affected. Single set is affected. native stack exhaustion during nested sub-expansion. process-terminating denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 1.1.20, 2.1.6, 3.0.8, and 5.0.11.

CVSS Base Scores

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