Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in oban-bg oban_web ('Elixir.Oban.Web.CronExpr' modules) allows memory exhaustion via unbounded cron range expansion.

An attacker with access to schedule cron jobs can submit a malicious cron expression such as "0 0 1-100000000 * *". When a user with dashboard access views the cron job list, 'Elixir.Oban.Web.CronExpr':describe/1 is called to render the expression. parse_range/1 parses both range endpoints via Integer.parse/1 with no bounds check, and the downstream helpers expand_dom_parts/1 and expand_dow_parts/1 materialise the range eagerly via Enum.to_list/1, causing allocation of ~2.4 GB and stalling or crashing the BEAM node. A sibling helper extract_dom_values already validates range bounds, but the expansion helpers do not.

This issue affects oban_web: from 2.12.0 before 2.12.5.
Published: 2026-05-26
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 26 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 26 May 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in oban-bg oban_web ('Elixir.Oban.Web.CronExpr' modules) allows memory exhaustion via unbounded cron range expansion. An attacker with access to schedule cron jobs can submit a malicious cron expression such as "0 0 1-100000000 * *". When a user with dashboard access views the cron job list, 'Elixir.Oban.Web.CronExpr':describe/1 is called to render the expression. parse_range/1 parses both range endpoints via Integer.parse/1 with no bounds check, and the downstream helpers expand_dom_parts/1 and expand_dow_parts/1 materialise the range eagerly via Enum.to_list/1, causing allocation of ~2.4 GB and stalling or crashing the BEAM node. A sibling helper extract_dom_values already validates range bounds, but the expansion helpers do not. This issue affects oban_web: from 2.12.0 before 2.12.5.
Title Unbounded range expansion in cron describe causes memory exhaustion in oban_web
First Time appeared Oban Web Project
Oban Web Project oban Web
Weaknesses CWE-400
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oban_web_project:oban_web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oban Web Project
Oban Web Project oban Web
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Oban Web Project Oban Web
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: EEF

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-27T15:40:57.317Z

Reserved: 2026-05-22T09:36:56.834Z

Link: CVE-2026-48593

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-26T20:46:21.859Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-26T21:16:41.857

Modified: 2026-06-17T10:55:08.377

Link: CVE-2026-48593

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T10:08:39Z

Weaknesses