MEDIUM5.9
GHSA-2v37-7h3g-55p8
nanoid: custom generators can loop indefinitely when size is zero
Quick fix
GHSA-2v37-7h3g-55p8 — nanoid: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
npm install nanoid@3.3.18Details
nanoid (Nano ID) before 5.1.6 contains an infinite loop in the customAlphabet and customRandom functions. When these functions are configured with a size of 0, the internal generation loop never satisfies its exit condition and spins indefinitely, hanging the calling thread. An application that passes an unvalidated, attacker-controlled size of 0 to these functions is exposed to a denial-of-service condition.
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67213[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/commit/cb3626d0f3342fdf179cd425fd9c4fbb92c7d0e7[WEB]
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/commit/e10f8d40ce9d1ab47f66d65a16b48086432730d0[WEB]
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/commit/f9d13f150847d117877adee3460a46eceb0cf49b[WEB]
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/releases/tag/3.3.17[WEB]
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/releases/tag/3.3.18[WEB]
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/releases/tag/5.1.6[WEB]
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nanoid-before-infinite-loop-via-zero-size-in-customalphabet-and-customrandom[WEB]