flat through 6.0.1 contains an uncontrolled resource allocation vulnerability in unflatten() that allows attackers to create huge sparse arrays via unbounded numeric keys. Attackers can supply flattened keys such as a.4294967294, causing iteration with forEach, spread or JSON.stringify to block the Node.js event loop.
History

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description flat through 6.0.1 contains an uncontrolled resource allocation vulnerability in unflatten() that allows attackers to create huge sparse arrays via unbounded numeric keys. Attackers can supply flattened keys such as a.4294967294, causing iteration with forEach, spread or JSON.stringify to block the Node.js event loop.
Title flat through 6.0.1 Denial of Service via unflatten() Numeric Array Index Keys
First Time appeared Flat Project
Flat Project flat
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:flat_project:flat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Flat Project
Flat Project flat
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:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-10-29T13:08:52.215Z

Updated: 2026-11-03T15:30:53.029Z

Reserved: 2026-10-29T11:51:51.276Z

Link: CVE-2026-119051

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-03T15:30:44.327Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-29T14:17:52.157

Modified: 2026-11-03T16:17:20.660

Link: CVE-2026-119051

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-29T13:08:52Z

Links: CVE-2026-119051 - Bugzilla