GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-2v37-7h3g-55p8 nanoid: custom generators can loop indefinitely when size is zero
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-67213
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- nanoid
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-07
Affected packages
• npm nanoid: < 3.3.18 → fixed in 3.3.18
• npm nanoid: >= 4.0.0, < 5.1.6 → fixed in 5.1.6
Description
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-67213 nanoid (Nano ID) before 5.1.6 contains an infinite loop in the customAlphabet and customRandom functions. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
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