CVE-2026-114143
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.GHSA-9j65-hcg3-gc64 ↗EUVD-2026-107555 ↗
description
npm toml versions before 5.0.1 perform quadratic work when parsing TOML documents with very long dotted keys, table paths, or inline-table keys. An attacker able to supply TOML for parsing can block the Node.js event loop or cause the process to terminate through memory exhaustion. The maxDepth option does not limit dotted-key segment counts.
mitigation
Upgrade the npm toml package to version 5.0.1 or later. Until upgraded, reject untrusted TOML or enforce application-level limits on input size and dotted-key segment counts before parsing.
fixed in 5.0.1
outcome
Contextual check: a technique exists and was validated, but no deterministic check could cover this one.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-10-21 20:31Zghsa: trigger signal, started the run
- 2026-10-21 20:31Zpublic poc, published 2026-10-22 16:38Z
- 2026-10-21 20:31Zcve.org record for CVE-2026-114143
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published 2026-10-22 17:46Z
last change 2026-10-22 19:01Z
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