CVE-2026-34166

LiquidJS has a Memory Limit Bypass via Quadratic Amplification in `replace` Filter

Published Apr 8, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 3.7 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
LiquidJS is a Shopify / GitHub Pages compatible template engine in pure JavaScript. Prior to 10.25.3, the replace filter in LiquidJS incorrectly accounts for memory usage when the memoryLimit option is enabled. It charges str.length + pattern.length + replacement.length bytes to the memory limiter, but the actual output from str.split(pattern).join(replacement) can be quadratically larger when the pattern occurs many times in the input string. This allows an attacker who controls template content to bypass the memoryLimit DoS protection with approximately 2,500x amplification, potentially causing out-of-memory conditions. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.25.3.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mmg9-6m6j-jqqx LiquidJS Has Memory Limit Bypass via Quadratic Amplification in `replace` Filter
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Liquidjs
Liquidjs liquidjs
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:liquidjs:liquidjs:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Liquidjs
Liquidjs liquidjs
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Harttle
Harttle liquidjs
Vendors & Products Harttle
Harttle liquidjs
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description LiquidJS is a Shopify / GitHub Pages compatible template engine in pure JavaScript. Prior to 10.25.3, the replace filter in LiquidJS incorrectly accounts for memory usage when the memoryLimit option is enabled. It charges str.length + pattern.length + replacement.length bytes to the memory limiter, but the actual output from str.split(pattern).join(replacement) can be quadratically larger when the pattern occurs many times in the input string. This allows an attacker who controls template content to bypass the memoryLimit DoS protection with approximately 2,500x amplification, potentially causing out-of-memory conditions. This vulnerability is fixed in 10.25.3.
Title LiquidJS has a Memory Limit Bypass via Quadratic Amplification in `replace` Filter
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 10, 2026, 8:37 PM
Reserved
Mar 25, 2026, 8:12 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 8, 2026, 7:25 PM
Modified
Jul 24, 2026, 10:10 PM