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CVE-2026-49293: js-toml vulnerable to CPU exhaustion via O(n^2) BigInt construction on radix-prefixed integer literals

June 26, 2026

js-toml versions up to and including 1.1.0 parse hexadecimal / octal / binary integer literals via a hand-written parseBigInt loop that multiplies a BigInt accumulator by the radix once per input digit. Each iteration performs a BigInt * BigInt operation on an accumulator that grows linearly with the number of digits already consumed, so the whole loop is O(n²) in the literal length. The lexer regex places no upper bound on the literal length, so a single TOML document containing one ~500 kB hex literal pins one CPU core for ~40 seconds on a modern laptop (Apple M-series, Node v22). Memory amplification is bounded but CPU amplification is severe and grows quadratically: doubling the literal length quadruples the work.

A caller that invokes load() on attacker-controlled TOML (configuration upload endpoints, CI/CD systems ingesting third-party *.toml, IDE plugins, build tools) is exposed to a single-request CPU exhaustion DoS.

CWE-1333 (Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity → here, inefficient parser complexity), CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), CWE-407 (Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity).

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H = 7.5 (HIGH) when the parser is invoked on attacker-controllable input; LOW when the calling application restricts TOML input size to small documents (< 1 kB).

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-wp3c-266w-4qfq
  • github.com/sunnyadn/js-toml/commit/1abcb31dc7b1fa88e4c848a8d108891cfbb96fa2
  • github.com/sunnyadn/js-toml/releases/tag/v1.1.1
  • github.com/sunnyadn/js-toml/security/advisories/GHSA-wp3c-266w-4qfq
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49293

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.1.1

Fixed versions

  • 1.1.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.1.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Source file

npm/js-toml/CVE-2026-49293.yml

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