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CVE-2026-48038 Detail

Description

joi is a schema description language and data validator for JavaScript. Prior to 17.13.4 and 18.2.1, denial of service is possible via an untrapped exception in services validating user-supplied JSON or object input with recursive link() schemas. When validate() is called without try/catch in a request handler, deeply nested input can trigger an unhandled RangeError and potentially crash the process; lower-impact paths using validateAsync() or try/catch produce a RangeError instead of a structured ValidationError. This issue is fixed in versions 17.13.4 and 18.2.1.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/hapijs/joi/commit/97bd51de94d595a2d8949eb3bec0dbdd2f8a7a74 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/hapijs/joi/commit/fc146a628ab9cc250854407722d9f8738c9548e7 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/hapijs/joi/pull/3113 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/hapijs/joi/security/advisories/GHSA-q7cg-457f-vx79 GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-248 Uncaught Exception GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-48038
NVD Published Date:
07/14/2026
NVD Last Modified:
07/15/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.