GitHub Advisoryadvisory · NuGet
GHSA-p6q4-fgr8-vx4p Scriban has a Stack Overflow via Nested Array Initializers That Bypass the ExpressionDepthLimit Fix
HIGH
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- Ecosystem
- NuGet
- Packages
- Scriban, Scriban.Signed
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-674
- Reviewed
- 2026-03-24
Affected packages
• NuGet Scriban: < 7.0.0 → fixed in 7.0.0
• NuGet Scriban.Signed: < 7.0.0 → fixed in 7.0.0
Description
Summary
StackOverflowException via nested array initializers bypasses ExpressionDepthLimit fix (GHSA-wgh7-7m3c-fx25)
Details
The recent fix for GHSA-wgh7-7m3c-fx25 (uncontrolled recursion in parser) added `ExpressionDepthLimit` defaulting to 250. However, deeply nested array initializers (`[[[[...`) recurse through `ParseArrayInitializer` → `ParseExpression` → `ParseArrayInitializer`, which is a different recursion path not covered by the expression depth counter.
This causes a `StackOverflowException` on current main (commit b5ac4bf - "Add limits for default safety").
PoC
```
using Scriban;
// ExpressionDepthLimit (default 250) does NOT prevent this crash
string nested = "{{ " + new string('[', 5000) + "1" + new string(']', 5000) + " }}";
Template.Parse(nested); // StackOverflowException - process terminates
```
Impact
Same as GHSA-wgh7-7m3c-fx25: High severity. StackOverflowException cannot be caught with try/catch in .NET - the process terminates immediately. Any application calling Template.Parse with untrusted input is vulnerable, even with the new default ExpressionDepthLimit enabled.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion weakness