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CVE-2026-49293

high

js-toml is a TOML parser for JavaScript, fully compliant with the TOML 1.0.0 Spec.

Vendor / product: Sunnyadn — js-toml

js-toml is a TOML parser for JavaScript, fully compliant with the TOML 1.0.0 Spec. Versions up to and including 1.1.1 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. Version 1.1.2 fixes the issue.

CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security-advisories@github.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-06-19 19:16
Modified: 2026-11-04 04:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 21 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 04:28 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

sunnyadn / js-toml <1.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/sunnyadn/js-toml/security/advisories/GHSA-wp3c-266w-4qfq
Vendor advisory: https://github.com/sunnyadn/js-toml/security/advisories/GHSA-wp3c-266w-4qfq
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/sunnyadn/js-toml/security/advisories/GHSA-wp3c-266w-4qfq
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/sunnyadn/js-toml/security/advisories/GHSA-wp3c-266w-4qfq

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 04:28 UTC · record ↗

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