Description
nanoid (Nano ID) before 5.1.16 contains an infinite loop in the customAlphabet and nanoid functions of its non-secure module (nanoid/non-secure). When these functions are given a negative size, the loop counter is decremented from a negative value and never reaches its termination condition, spinning indefinitely and hanging the calling thread. An application that passes an unvalidated, attacker-controlled negative size to these functions is exposed to a denial-of-service condition.
Published: 2026-07-29
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000

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Description nanoid (Nano ID) before 5.1.16 contains an infinite loop in the customAlphabet and nanoid functions of its non-secure module (nanoid/non-secure). When these functions are given a negative size, the loop counter is decremented from a negative value and never reaches its termination condition, spinning indefinitely and hanging the calling thread. An application that passes an unvalidated, attacker-controlled negative size to these functions is exposed to a denial-of-service condition.
Title nanoid before 5.1.16 Infinite Loop via Negative Size in non-secure module
First Time appeared Nanoid Project
Nanoid Project nanoid
Weaknesses CWE-835
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nanoid_project:nanoid:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Nanoid Project
Nanoid Project nanoid
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Nanoid Project Nanoid
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-29T14:37:19.382Z

Reserved: 2026-07-28T18:13:39.684Z

Link: CVE-2026-67214

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-29T14:37:15.476Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-29T15:45:03Z

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