Authenticated node crash via unbounded cron expansion
Published May 26, 2026 · Updated May 26, 2026
Resource exhaustion in Oban Web 2.12.0 through 2.12.4 allows remote authenticated users to crash the BEAM node via a crafted cron range. CronExpr.parse_range accepts unchecked endpoints, and expansion helpers eagerly convert the resulting range into a list that consumes gigabytes of memory. Exploitation requires permission to schedule a cron job and a dashboard user to view the cron list, causing the hosting node to stall or crash.
Summary
What happened
Resource exhaustion in Oban Web 2.12.0 through 2.12.4 allows remote authenticated users to crash the BEAM node via a crafted cron range. CronExpr.parse_range accepts unchecked endpoints, and expansion helpers eagerly convert the resulting range into a list that consumes gigabytes of memory. Exploitation requires permission to schedule a cron job and a dashboard user to view the cron list, causing the hosting node to stall or crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-48593
- Published
- May 26, 2026
- Updated
- May 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Oban Framework
- Product
- Oban Web
- Classifications
- CWE-400, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 26, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.12.0 <2.12.5
- Affected versionversion=a97c7960bb389b05aaab4cf8042985f02ceddc24 <9998b7e284e02fdd4645dd6231760038e63b584d
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