CVE-2026-74788
Scriban before 7.0.0 Denial of Service via string.pad_left/pad_right
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Aug 16, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 16, 2026
Description
Scriban before 7.0.0 (affected versions <= 6.6.0) contains an uncontrolled memory allocation vulnerability in the string.pad_left and string.pad_right template functions, which perform no validation on the width parameter before delegating to .NET's String.PadLeft/PadRight. When an application exposes Scriban to untrusted template input, an attacker can supply an arbitrarily large width value (e.g., 500,000,000) to trigger ~1GB memory allocations in a single call, resulting in OutOfMemoryException and denial of service. The TemplateContext.LimitToString limit does not prevent this because it is only enforced after the string has been fully allocated.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
scribanscriban |
|
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-v66j-x4hw-fv9g)vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Scriban before 7.0.0 Denial of Service via string.pad_left/pad_rightthird-party-advisory
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